while active Mount Cleveland in the remote Aleutian Islands of Alaska got a “moderate” threat level. USGS researchers further evaluated the U.S. volcanoes, assigning each an overall threat ...

Mount Martin, one of the active volcanoes surrounding Katmai National Park and Preserve's Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Credit: National Park Service Imposing bears teem in Alaska's Katmai ...

June 13, 2024 — Video footage of Iceland's 2010 Eyjafjallaj kull eruption is providing researchers with rare, up-close observations of volcanic ash clouds -- ... Earth Scientists Describe a New ...

Gravity research reveals hidden structures beneath Mars' lost oceans and Olympus Mons, shedding light on the planet’s ...

Icelandic Met Office map of the lava (main ... Do you have a question about volcanoes? Let us know via [email protected].

A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could ...

Scientists discover volcanic glass beads from ancient volcanoes on the Moon, revealing activity 123 million years ago.

But, buildings are being examined. The volcano eruption began around eight hours before the earthquake, Matt Haney, Alaska Volcano Observatory's scientist-in-charge, told USA TODAY. He added that ...

Hikers barely escaping an eruption on Dukono in Indonesia in August 2024. Credit: screen capture, PVMBG. Volcanoes are dangerous. Even when they aren't hurling rocks, ash and lava at you, they can ...

A healthy dose of purposeful bathroom humor sets the stage for exploration in engineer and illustrator Jorge Cham’s new graphic novel Volcanoes Are Hot: Oliver’s Great Big Universe #2.

Volcanoes can look like small mountains or hills. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows magma, hot ash and gases to escape. Composite volcanoes are the most common type of ...

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Thursday evening for the sixth time since December, spewing red lava through a new fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The eruption began shortly after 9 ...