Where Volcanoes Are Born Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and ...

No two volcanic eruptions are exactly alike, but scientists think a series of explosive eruptions at Kīlauea volcano fit into a whole new category. By analyzing the dynamics of 12 back-to-back ...

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Researchers at the University of Oregon say they have identified a new type of volcanic eruption. It was discovered while studying the massive 2018 eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. The eruption ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

Some volcanoes can produce eruptions so powerful they release oceans of dust and toxic gases into the air, blocking out sunlight and changing a planet’s climate for decades. By studying the topography ...

Smoke billows from the mouth of Mt. Shasta like a thunderous cough. Within moments, clear skies turn gray, and the sun vanishes behind thick, shifting layers of volcanic gas and ash. Visitors snap ...

On the evening of December 23, the peak of Kilauea eruption resumed, spouting lava fountains towering 1,400 feet above the top of the volcano. For close to six hours, lava plumes lit up the night sky ...