By reconstructing a 700,000-year history of Methana volcano, geologists found a prehistoric phase when it appeared inactive ...

Two-dimensional maps of clinopyroxene crystals that passed through a volcano’s magma chamber display a sharp increase in ...

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 ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava shoots high into the sky. Molten rock erupts from two vents simultaneously. The nighttime sky glows red and orange, reflecting the lava oozing across a summit crater. Scientists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has resumed erupting by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater about once a week since late last year, delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a firehose ...

A new study of Greece’s Methana volcano reveals it experienced a 100,000-year dormant period before erupting again, challenging the definition of 'extinct' volcanoes. Researchers found magma was ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feetinto the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea's 31st display of molten rock since ...