Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological ...

Dominant trade wind conditions generally send tephra and volcanic gas southwest over the remote Ka ʻū Desert. Eruption ...

Beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, scientists have discovered pulsing waves of molten rock rising from deep within the ...

Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...

The Kilauea volcano eruption blasted lava fountains soaring up to 330 ft (100 m) into the sky in Hawaii. Stunning footage shows the fiery eruption, with molten rock spewing from the crater on ...

Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...

Scientists have discovered a pulsating magma plume beneath Africa’s Afar region, slowly splitting the continent. This Rift activity could form a new ocean over millions of years ...

A research team found evidence that a plume of hot mantle and tectonic plates generate activity deep beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, which will one day tear apart the African continent and create ...

John Hamel, winemaker of Hamel Family Wines, is deeply passionate about expressing terroir in his wine. The results are a ...

Scientists have traced a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland to a deep mantle plume that shaped the North ...

Lava flows create a map-like pattern on black basalt rocks at Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano, which erupted in March 2021 for the first time in nearly 800 years. Assignment.

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.