When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How ...

Scientists have long known that volcanoes shaped the near side of the Moon, visible from Earth. However, very little was ...

The known sequence of Maunaloa’s 1868 events began with an eruptive phase beginning at about dawn March 27 at the summit, lasting a couple of hours. Seismicity escalated thereafter, with Kaʻū ...

It remained prominent into the fall of 2024: a strong steam plume that remained visible from a nearby road on chilly mornings ...

Yellowstone National Park has a new thermal vent spewing steam in the air that could be visible to tourists once visitors ...

Earthquakes are known for being destructive forces of nature, but not all of them actually stem from purely natural causes.

Yellowstone National Park has long captured the imagination of scientists and the public alike, particularly due to its ...

As these tiny amounts of melt find each other, they merge into larger magma bodies that pry open ... from explosive eruptions and towering ash plumes to lava and debris flows and volcanic gas ...

The material could be liquid rock (known as “magma”, when it’s underground and “lava” when it breaks through the surface), ash, and/or gases. 3. The rise of magma can take place in three different ...

The source for the isotopically-enriched Hawaiian magmas contains peridotites that experienced near-surface melting prior ...