A recent satellite image captured a glowing river of lava flowing down the flank of Europe's largest active volcano as it ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

Recent research reveals that Yellowstone’s magma chamber contains significantly more liquid magma than scientists previously ...

A massive underwater volcano located approximately 300 miles off the coast of Oregon is on the verge of erupting, scientists ...

At the more explosive end of the scale are Plinian eruptions. These include the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, ...

A huge plume of ash, gas and rock spewed forth on Monday from Italy's Mount Etna as authorities warned people to steer clear ...

A massive volcanic eruption occurred at Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily on Monday, shooting massive ash plumes ...

Volcanoes erupt when molten rock called magma rises to the surface ... the earth's crust before flowing onto its surface as lava. If magma is thick, gas bubbles cannot easily escape and pressure ...

Based on the 2015 eruption, Chadwick added that this year's magma explosion could produce a lava flow that's nearly as tall as Seattle's Space Needle. However, if Axial Seamount does blow within ...

The seismic activity is caused by magma rising toward the surface, building pressure and causing fractures in the surrounding rock. One of the strongest quakes — a magnitude 3.1 — was ...

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