A series of mysterious eruptions in the western Pacific could be caused by a new type of volcano, a new study suggests. Three processes are responsible for the formation of volcanoes on Earth, ...

Is there anything more spectacular than a towering lava fountain? Think about what it is: glowing red molten rock being shot into the sky, potentially hundreds or thousands of feet. As ubiquitous and ...

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Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

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Volcanic eruptions are perhaps nature's most terrifying display of power. Catastrophic eruptions of volcanoes like Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, and Mount St. Helens have gone down as some of the most ...

Students use volcanic ash data to determine the source of a possible supervolcanic eruption that occurred in the western United States. Supervolcanic eruptions are extremely large eruptions that ...

It comes as no shock that a potentially new type of volcanic lightning had long eluded scientists: The bolts can be as short as about 3 feet (1 meter) long and last just a few milliseconds. But ...

A new submarine volcano was formed off the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 2018. This was shown by an oceanographic campaign in May 2019. Now an international team has illuminated the ...

May 16 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered a new type of volcano formation. While studying the planet's layers deep beneath Bermuda, scientists found evidence of volcanic material rising from the ...