The latest bursts of molten rock, ash and toxic gas from Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii are part of an ever changing and still largely mysterious cycle of eruptions that have been at ...

Sedimentary rock is comprised of sediment, as the name suggests. Over time, tiny minerals, sand, rocks, and debris layer on ...

For centuries, the country’s western volcanic peninsula has been dormant, but a new era of volcanic activity could be on the horizon. The Fagradalsfjall Volcano, a raised crater of bubbling lava ...

As stated, rocks play an important role in our everyday lives, and understanding the rock cycle gives us a better understanding as to how we can use them for our benefit. The breakdown of rocks ...

Analysis of Campi Flegrei offers fresh insight into its activity cycle, ... Twice in the last 60,000 years, large blasts of volcanic ash and rock have blanketed the region, ...

Beneath the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, a massive underwater volcano is preparing to erupt. Scientists monitoring Axial Seamount have detected a surge in seismic ...

There is more melted rock under Yellowstone Caldera – a volcano in Wyoming – than was previously estimated, but that doesn’t change the likelihood of an eruption ...

Each rock tells a story. Mather describes human experiences of volcanic eruptions, including her own time spent staring into churning lakes of molten rock, a “roiling, red and restless” fiery sea.

Island nation launches bold initiative to pull power from volcanic rock: ... The used steam will then be cooled back into water and pumped underground to begin the cycle again.

An alert level was raised on Sunday for a volcano in Central Mexico that was spewing ash and smoke, prompting officials to close schools and public parks, and to prepare for the possibility of ...

The Philippines' Kanlaon volcano erupted for nearly four minutes, shooting ash 2.5 miles into the sky and prompting the emergency evacuation of some 87,000 people.

Scientists mapped the inner workings of a 'zombie volcano.' What they found was telling Scientists say they used satellites and other technology to plumb the inner workings of a Bolivian volcano ...