Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...

Volcanoes are a powerful force of nature. There are about 1500 active volcanoes on our planet right now. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows lava and other volcanic matter to ...

Five worlds in the solar system have active volcanoes (those that are currently erupting or have erupted in human history): Earth, Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa, Neptune’s moon Triton, and Saturn’s ...

The recent volcanic eruption of Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano situated in Hawaii, has set off whispers of its potential affect on the West Coast’s volcano scene. Leave it to the ...

Volcanoes are exciting and seeing molten lava is a thrill. To see active volcanoes, head to a U.S. National Park that ...

Some hotspot volcanoes aren’t so hot after all. Islands such as Iceland and Hawai‘i are thought to form from plumes of superheated rock that rise from a depth of several thousand kilometres. These ...

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The new documentary The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari is a harrowing look at the phreatic eruption of Whakaari on White Island off the coast of the North Island in New Zealand on December 9, 2019. The ...