Each mineral in a volcanic deposit is like a microscopic thermometer that records magma chamber temperature over time.

There’s a saying in mine country, the kind that sometimes shows up on bumper stickers: “If it can’t be grown, it has to be ...

Experts believe that this special shape is due to its eruption power being so immense that it completely obliterated the entire volcanic cone, leaving only a massive sunken basin. Currently, the ...

India's only active volcano located on the uninhabited Barren Island in Andaman Sea erupted on Sept 20, presenting a visual ...

Beneath Yellowstone lies a magma reservoir, pulsing with molten and superheated rock and exsolved gases. Scientists have long known about the chamber’s existence, but have yet to precisely locate its ...

Yellowstone National Park sits atop the world's most famous supervolcano. If it erupted, ash and molten rock would spew across much of the continental United States, devastating the country and ...

India's Barren Island volcano erupted on September 20, following a magnitude 4.2 earthquake. Triggered by seismic activity ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater about once a week since late last year, delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a firehose of molten rock.

When you picture a volcano, what do you see? I personally imagine a mountain sticking up into the sky. At the top of that mountain, I see a crater with a fiery hot lake boiling and roiling in it, or ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the familiar cone-shaped peaks lies a more silent, hidden ...