Geoscientists have long thought that water -- along with shallow magma stored in Earth's crust -- drives volcanoes to erupt. Now, thanks to newly developed research tools, scientists have learned that ...

After 50 years of slumber, the volcano that forms the Cumbre Vieja on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands in Spain roared back to life on Sept. 19, 2021. The last eruption on the island ...

A volcanologist says the eruption on the island of La Palma is a unique window into the “personality” of basaltic volcanoes. Despite that devastation, only one death has been attributed to the ...

The magma that erupts from basaltic volcanoes in the middle of tectonic plates originates from within Earth's mantle — rather than from the outer crust — and is propelled upward by CO2, not water.

When you think of a Yellowstone eruption, you probably picture a massive, caldera-forming explosion. But new research is shifting that focus, revealing that the supervolcano's most recent known ...

Lava flows erupted at Newberry cover an area larger than Rhode Island. Powerful explosive eruptions sent volcanic ash into Idaho and the San Francisco Bay Area. A deep caldera indents its summit, ...

It’s a simple and popular science class experiment: a volcano made with baking soda and vinegar erupts, spewing foam onto the table. In Germany’s Eifel region, viewing the power of volcanic forces ...