A major discovery beneath Yellowstone National Park has revealed a magma cap located nearly 2.4 miles below the surface, which could help prevent a massive volcanic eruption. Using advanced seismic ...

Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A ...

Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava flows.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the majority of their time not erupting. To accurately forecast volcanic activity ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater at semiregular intervals since late last year, delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a fire hose of molten ...

Mount Etna in Italy is one of the most well-studied volcanoes in the world. It has been erupting for thousands of years, and ...

LMU volcanologists decipher the behavior of magma beneath an active volcano and reveal how it reacts to drilling. Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world ...