When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of exploding.

Imagine waking up one morning to news that a massive volcanic eruption has shaken a remote region with absolutely no advance ...

An underwater volcano off Oregon's coast is likely to erupt in 2025, according to scientists monitoring the situation. Axial Seamount—the most active volcano in the northeast Pacific Ocean—is located ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped ...

Researchers traced tremor signals deep inside Tanzania’s Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, pinpointing their 3D locations for the first time. The study revealed linked tremors at different depths, offering a ...

Before Sunday, the volcano's last known eruption roughly coincided with the beginning of our current Holocene Epoch, when the ...