Volcanoes emit smoke. Beneath a volcano lies a huge chamber filled with liquid magma. A series of earthquakes means an ...

Erupting or silent, volcanoes have always captured our imagination. As volcanologists, we have seen how that fascination can ...

Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, new research finds. In fact, the volcano may have formed in a bizarre way, reminiscent of how some seamounts, called petit-spot volcanoes, grow on the ...

Frothy rock floating on the ocean near Papua New Guinea is the sign scientists needed that, hidden from view, an underwater volcano was erupting ...

Researchers at Diamond Light Source have used advanced imaging to look at microscopic crystals, called nanolites, to see what they can tell us about volcanic eruptions. Highly explosive eruptions ...

Add to the long list of global warming concerns that melting ice caps could trigger more volcanic eruptions. Worse, researchers said Monday at a scientific conference in Prague, the increasing ...

To see active volcanoes, head to a U.S. National Park that preserves volcanoes or parts of volcanoes. Volcanoes are ex ...

HONOLULU--One of the most active volcanos on Earth is erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island. Officials with the U.S. Geological ...

The most dangerous type of volcanic eruption can be triggered by heavy rain, UK researchers have found. This suggests that simply watching the weather forecast could be used to save lives. The type of ...

You might not know it, but Ireland is dotted with extinct volcanoes that have shaped the island we know and love today ...