A 2012 astronaut photo shows the striking beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera, a "supervolcanic" structure home to more than a ...

European Space Agency released stunning images of volcanoes taken from space. These images include Mount Vesuvius in Italy ...

Some volcanoes don’t give much — or any — warning before they blow. Veniaminof, Alaska, is one of them: it is a ”stealthy” ...

Volcanic eruptions can have dramatic consequences. But how can we anticipate this phenomenon, which unfolds up to tens of ...

Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have recently been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news stories. But despite the jolts and temblors, geologists ...

Along 1,100 kilometers, from Mexico to Costa Rica, lies the Central American volcanic arc, where the variety of magma types make for a geological paradise.

GREENBELT, Md. – Lightning and gases from volcanic eruptions could have given rise to the first life on Earth, according to a new analysis of samples from a classic origin-of-life experiment by ...

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

The magma that erupts from basaltic volcanoes in the middle of tectonic plates originates from within Earth's mantle — rather than from the outer crust — and is propelled upward by CO2, not water.

Many of these dead volcanoes are already being mined for iron, and could theoretically be adapted for rare earth metal mining without the same trouble as starting up a new mine.

It's time for our weekly Just Ask feature, where the experts tackle your questions on science and technology. John Eichelberger, a volcano expert with the U.S. Geological Survey, answers the ...

From Earth's deep mantle, scientists find a new way volcanoes form Date: May 15, 2019 Source: Cornell University Summary: Far below Bermuda's pink sand beaches and turquoise tides, geoscientists ...