Experts hope the minerals they find via this method will “power green, renewable energy sources for a sustainable future.” ...

Santorini currently under a State of Emergency following thousands of quakes as volcano discovered to be forming below the ...

About 400 kilometres northwest of Sydney, just south of Dubbo, lies a large and interesting body of rock formed around 215 ...

This will then lead to the formation of a "subduction system" in this ocean – in other words, a line of volcanoes along the ...

At CU Boulder, we use petrology to study the formation of volcanoes and their magmatic sources, the evolution of continental crust during the growth and destruction of mountain belts, the genesis of ...

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life ...

They are caused by a static source of magma, often away from plate margins. As the plate moves away from the hotspot, a new volcano island will form.

There are two main types of volcano - composite and shield. The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often ...

Volcanoes in India are a fascinating yet rare geological phenomenon. These natural formations result from the movement of ...

Though immensely powerful, volcanoes are not always spewing hot lava around. Many are considered dormant or even extinct and have not shown their strength for hundreds of thousands of years in ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Seismic wave analysis reveals that large magma bodies persist beneath both active and dormant volcanoes in the Cascade Range, challenging the belief that magma ...

These volcanoes are two of the most active in the ... "Its last eruption in 1538 led to the formation of a mountain," said Politico. "And a massive blowout 40,000 years ago cloaked much of eastern ...