Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the ...

Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...

Volcanic eruptive activity may take many forms, from gently erupting basaltic fissures in Hawaii to intense explosive eruptions like those of Mount St. Helens. Volcano observatory scientists are ...

Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both beautiful and deadly. We recently explored why volcanoes are so astounding, but, did you ...

A gigantic bulge in the north rim of the Yellowstone caldera is the latest sign of volcanic activity in the national park. Geologists call this type of bulge “volcanic uplift.” It’s often caused by ...

The recent eruption of Italy's Stromboli volcano has the potentially deadly natural phenomenon on everyone's radar as Hawaii's Mauna Loa is also displaying signs of increased seismic activity.

First ed. entered under title: Volcanoes of the world : a regional directory, gazetteer, and chronology of volcanism during the last 10,000 years / Tom Simkin ... [et al.]. Stroudsburg, Pa. : ...

More than 1,000 active volcanoes around our planet can sputter glowing lava and smoky ash, and the world's biggest one has erupted in Hawaii after 38 years dormant. The largest active volcano in the ...

Effusive eruption at Mayon Volcano in Albay continues, and is now on its 22nd straight day. In its summary of 24-hour ...