Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellowstone's volcanic history is marked by three massive eruptions over the past 2.1 million years, creating a vast caldera and ...

The threat of a new eruption has emerged on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula as magma pooling under the surface of the Earth's crust continues to accumulate after being dramatically discharged from a ...

Rising magma beneath a recently erupted volcano can lead to the collapse of the volcano's slopes. An article in Phys.org said the exact conditions and triggers that incite collapse are unknown. One ...

A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition of magma could drive ...

Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world with eruptions common both at its summit caldera and within its two rift zones. Frequent earthquakes associated with volcanic activity can help ...

Earth is an endlessly convulsing world. So much of it is in disequilibrium, riddled by heat, pressure, and chemicals trying to get from their current location to somewhere else. And these forces are ...

Scientists are planning to drill into an Iceland volcano in the hunt for near-unlimited energy. The project, helmed by the Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) organization, is set to start drilling into a ...