When we think of a volcanic eruption, rivers of glowing lava or giant columns of ash come to mind. But beneath Earth's ...

Magma moving beneath a volcano can make the ground rise, sink or shift sideways. Measuring these changes gives scientists ...

Magmatic intrusions, eruptions and flank collapses are frequent processes of volcano dynamics, inter-connected at different space and time scales. The December 2018 recrudescent episode at Mt. Etna is ...

Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883. One might assume that ...

The Methana volcano in Greece, thought to be dormant for hundreds of thousands of years, has been found accumulating enormous amounts of magma underneath. For more than 100,000 years, the volcano ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The 2021 "Fagradalsfjall Fires" eruptions may have been triggered by ...

The Cascade volcanoes that dot the Pacific Northwest are not extinct. They are mostly dormant, meaning they could erupt sometime in the future. Scientists had long thought an indicator of an active ...

Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world with eruptions common both at its summit caldera and within its two rift zones. Frequent earthquakes associated with volcanic activity can help ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists are planning to drill into an Iceland volcano in the hunt ...

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Scientists recreate magma and water reactions in a lab to understand explosive volcanic eruptions and improve hazard predictions.