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 ...

NEW ENGLAND could be under threat from a brewing super volcano, according to geologists who have detected molten rock rising from the normally dormant area. How is a super volcano formed? A new ...

THERE are around 1,500 volcanoes on land which have been active in the last 10,000 years spewing ash into the atmosphere periodically. As about 50 to 60 volcanic eruptions happen each month we’ve ...

Volcanic islands in Alaska's Aleutian chain might be part of a single, undiscovered giant volcano. If correct, the discovery of a single volcanic caldera would place it in the same category as the ...

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 ...

A newly discovered underwater volcano shows that the Hawaiian island of O'ahu was formed by three major shield volcanoes, not two as was widely believed. An international team of scientists led by the ...

There are over one thousand active volcanoes on Earth - in fact there are around 20 volcanic eruptions each day. But we don't tend to hear about them because the majority of the eruptions happen in ...

Standing 45 feet, the frozen structure formed over an underground spring that is still spouting water that almost instantly freezes and builds upon the cone design. A smaller ice volcano had formed in ...

A STUNNING ‘ice volcano’ has formed in Kazakhstan after water shooting from an underground spring froze immediately in the air. The icy tower is a staggering 45 feet (13.7 metres) tall. Please provide ...

A giant volcano that covers the same area as the whole of the UK has been discovered buried deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. Tamu Massif sits 1,000 miles east of Japan, along the Shatsky Rise plate, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...