Volcanology

A new magma chamber in the submarine volcano Kolumbo, which is even thought to be capable of erupting in the future, although not immediately, has been discovered by scientists.

When the volcano erupted in La Palma last year, Teodoro Gonzalez Perez rushed to the Spanish island to see the lava flows with his own eyes, now he's back for another look.

Researchers believe that huge, continent-spanning ‘flood basalt’ eruptions are what caused the mass extinction – and others in Earth’s history

Archaeologists have recovered bone and obsidian tools, beads, and other ornaments

Farmer Dionisio Pulido who saw vapor emanating from a hollow and shortly afterwards, witnessed the beginning of a unique event of a volcano being created!

The researchers say that super-eruptions shook eastern Australia between 256 and 252 million years ago

“We found a field of very large icy volcanoes that look nothing like anything else we have seen in the solar system”

Beyond temperature, there are other good reasons not to burn our trash in volcanoes

Here’s what scientists know about the Tonga volcano eruption

They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Aided by satellites, they analyze gas emissions and the flows of molten rock. On the ground, they collect everything from the tiniest particles to "lava bombs" the size of watermelons that one of nature's most powerful forces hurl as incandescent projectiles.