Feb 25, 2025 · Discover interesting facts about volcanoes, including why and where they form and history's deadliest eruption.

Dec 26, 2025 · There are different types of volcanoes, including stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes and cinder cones, and different types of lava and other volcanic flows. Volcanoes can be active, dormant …

Feb 5, 2025 · The magma system beneath volcanoes may persist even after recent eruptions, a new study finds.

Apr 22, 2025 · This false-color satellite photo from 2014 shows the immense heat emanating from lava lakes at the summits of a pair of simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo.

Jul 29, 2025 · Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic plates collided during the breakup of Rodinia, around 800 …

Aug 5, 2025 · Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow.

Dec 26, 2025 · A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes pose the greatest threat.

May 30, 2025 · Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to blow — that doesn't involve trekking up a mountain.

Nov 1, 2004 · The volcanoes that tower above the surrounding mountains from California to Washington state are caused by subduction zones. This same process builds mountains and causes earthquakes.

Jul 7, 2025 · Glacial melt could increase volcanic activity in North America, New Zealand and Russia, spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.