Two weeks ago, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three distinct, short-lived explosions in less ...

Submarine volcanoes, volcanic structures hidden beneath the ocean surface, play a vital role in shaping Earth’s geology and marine ecosystems. Formed through tectonic plate movements, rising magma, ...

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

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo volcano in June 1991 is the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century. Understanding how volcano activity may change over time is particularly important ...

A global early-warning system strives to keep aircraft safe from volcanic eruptions. Mark Piesing A small aircraft flies over the Bardarbunga volcano as it spews lava and ash in southeast Iceland. The ...

Heather Handley is an associate professor of volcanic hazards and geoscience communication in the Department of Applied Earth Sciences at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands. Unlike ...

"Volcanoes only emits small amounts of CO2 relative to how much humans emit today." The truth is that, while volcanoes can indeed alter the Earth's climate (more on that in a moment), there is no ...

Volcanic disasters have been studied since Pompeii was buried in 79 A.D., leading the public to believe that scientists already know why, where, when and how long volcanoes will erupt. But Jonathan ...

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 ...

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More than 1,000 active volcanoes around our planet can sputter glowing lava and smoky ash, and the world's biggest one has erupted in Hawaii after 38 years dormant. The largest active volcano in the ...