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 ...

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 ...

What is the risk of a volcano erupting? To answer this question, scientists need information about its underlying internal structure. However, gathering this data can take several years of fieldwork, ...

Volcanic activity from Etna's 'Voragine' crater has intensified this week with vigorous explosions and incandescent shreds following a four-year silence. Etna and Stromboli are the most explosive ...

Over millions of years, the Earth’s upper layers have performed a dance that has created mountains, volcanoes, continents, ridges and ocean trenches. Tectonic plates play a key role in this process.

Image: The photo shows a fluid inclusion containing liquid water and a vapor bubble. The inclusion, contained in the mineral quartz, is about 25 micrometers in length. Blacksburg, Va. — By summer 2005 ...

A new study suggests sea discoloration data obtained from satellite images as a novel criterion in predicting if eruption looms for an underwater volcano. There have been frequent eruptions of ...