Active terrestrial volcanoes can turn into true behemoths, yet most of these structures are hidden beneath the ocean’s ...

Underwater volcanoes are powerful geological forces shaping our planet and oceans. These hidden giants form through tectonic ...

AS Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to release lava following two weeks of violent eruptions, now is a good a time as any to explore the science behind the rocky magma-spewers. And we've gathered ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

Some volcanoes, such as the Cascade volcanoes up in Washington and Oregon, are of the type called a stratovolcano. These steep volcanoes sometimes erupt explosively and other times have calmer lava ...

Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, erupted for five hours on Nov. 9, creating a unique whirlwind ...

In one of the most famous volcanic events in recorded history, sometime in the second half of AD 79 Mount Vesuvius began a 19-hour eruption that would kill more than 10,000 people and wipe out two ...

Japanese researchers land for the first time on what used to be a rocky outcrop called Nishinoshima in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after two years of spectacular eruptions created an island 12 ...

An ongoing volcanic eruption has created a tiny island near Iwoto. The new island is about 328 feet (100 meters) in diameter, according to researchers. This is a rare phenomenon, but it may not last ...