Volcanologist Martin Mangler explains how volcanic eruptions work to push lava into the air. Listen on the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.

Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...

Take one 55-gallon drum of water, one two-liter soda bottle full of liquid nitrogen, put them together and you get -- BOOM! Literally. That's how Augustana College professor Mike Wolf demonstrated to ...

Volcanic eruptions are usually associated with heat, fire, and destruction, yet some of the most powerful eruptions in history have temporarily cooled the entire planet. Scientists have documented ...