Yellowstone volcano’s history of large volcanic eruptions is a testament to the source of heat bubbling away under the US national park. Yellowstone’s last three major eruptions went off an estimated ...

INCREDIBLE camera footage caught the moment an active mud volcano exploded and spewed a fiery column of lava in a rare show. Terrified locals were heard screaming and shouting after an eerie ring of ...

Researchers have warned of a catacysmic supervolcano forming under the Pacific they say could threaten life. The University of Utah team say two or more continent-sized 'piles' of rock are colliding ...

Dr Jessica Johnson spent two years on a research fellowship at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, focused on the island's most active volcano, Kilauea AS Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano continues to release ...

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There are two main types of volcano - composite and shield. The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often builds ...

KILAUEA volcano has been wreaking havoc on Hawaii’s Big Island since May 3, and fast-moving lava flows from volcanic fissures on the volcano’s flanks have created new mounds of land across the ...

This stunning image has captured "UFO" type clouds forming around a world famous volcano. The Kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka, which have been captured in a series of stunning ...

A newly-discovered active volcano could erupt underneath Antarctica, melting the ice from below and compounding the effects of global warming, according to scientists. Researchers discovered the ...

1700km-wide region of Mars including Olympus Mons (upper left) and several other volcanoes of Mars’s Tharsis province. Colour-coded topography. NASA/USGS/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin G Neukum David Rothery, The ...

AS Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to release lava following two weeks of violent eruptions, now is a good a time as any to explore the science behind the rocky magma-spewers. And we've gathered ...