A new study published in Precambrian Research by Jawad Shabbir, a Ph.D. student at Peking University's School of Earth and ...

Scientists have shed light on a thermal process in magma that may help explain why similar volcanic systems can produce very ...

A rare underwater eruption in the Bismarck Sea may give birth to a new island, with NASA satellites capturing every stage.

Fresh satellite images have captured one of Russia's most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out as volcanic heat continues to seep through the frozen landscape of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water may flood it in a few million years ...

Volcanoes are among Earth’s most powerful natural processes, capable of destruction and creation. When these fiery giants erupt, they can sometimes lead to the formation of entirely new islands, ...

This video shows Shiprock, a striking volcanic rock formation rising from a vast desert landscape in the southwestern United States. The structure is the remnant of an ancient volcanic system, where ...

Sakurajima is an active volcano on the Osumi peninsula in Kagoshima prefecture on the southern tip of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. The mountain rises to an elevation of 3,644 ...

Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, new research finds. In fact, the volcano may have formed in a bizarre way, reminiscent of how some seamounts, called petit-spot volcanoes, grow on the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The so-called Hope Ranch Volcano in Santa Barbara — which ignited Thursday — isn’t actually a volcano. Geologists ...

We know very little about the processes that lead to a reeruption of supervolcanoes such as the mostly underwater Kikai caldera in Japan (pictured) and are therefore ill-equipped to make predictions.