1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption: It happened in the crater just north of the volcano’s caldera, lasting only about a month with 17 ...

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

Editor’s note: The KOIN 6 Weather team is presenting weather and science lessons to help serve our teachers and students. Click here for more lessons. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The mighty mountains of ...

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 ...

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Volcanoes are often framed as nature’s most violent spectacles, yet some of the largest on Earth ooze lava quietly for years without a single dramatic blast. Scientists have now pulled together a ...

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Mount Lassen, in the southern Cascades, erupted on May 22, 1915, 65 years almost to the day before Mount St. Helens. Also known as Lassen Peak, the mountain is the southernmost active volcano in the ...

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 ...