When this pressure is released, for example as a result of plate movement, magma shoots to the surface causing a volcanic eruption. Above the ground the liquid rock is called lava and as it cools ...

(See dramatic photos of volcanoes around the world.) Yet their fiery fits can be as dangerous as they are mesmerizing, sending rivers of molten rock and avalanches of searing ash and gas barreling ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

A miles-wide volcano off Oregon’s coast could erupt “soon” say scientists who’ve been tracking it for decades. The Axial Seamount is a massive undersea volcano that reaches more than 3,600 ...

Deep beneath the icy waters of the Barents Sea, scientists have made an extraordinary discovery—a long-hidden mud volcano ...

The history of the island, from the most powerful volcanic eruption ever experienced by the world to the devastating 7.8 ...

The Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland body of water, has been facing environmental challenges for years. But recently, ...

Below Mount Jefferson and McKenzie Pass is a massive storehouse of water three times the size of Lake Mead, say Oregon ...

That’s the channel inside a volcano that opens up to the surface. As it cools it becomes a very hard type of igneous rock. This one first formed over 350 million years ago. Then, millions of ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Scientists in Iceland say there is an increasing likelihood that a volcano, which has erupted several times since the end of 2023, will spring to life once again as magma ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Scientists in Iceland say there is an increasing likelihood that a volcano, which has erupted several times since the end of 2023, will spring to life once again as magma ...

Across Campania and Basilicata, the Aglianico grape is the leading red variety where it showe itself capable of outstanding ...