If there's one thing you, and Gollum, should know about volcanoes, it's that "lava=hot". That, and it's not a great idea to attempt to plug them up with concrete. But some volcanos are hotter than ...

The kind of lava flowing is "kind of like a bulldozer," said Wendy Stovall, a USGS volcanologist. Authorities in Hawaii have occasionally tried to divert flows, both with walls and explosives. Neither ...

This THEMIS image captures a portion of several lava flows in Daedalia Planum southwest of the Arsia Mons shield volcano. Textures characteristic of the variable surface roughness associated with ...

Hawaiian resident Shantell Walker Otare has shared dramatic footage of the Mauna Loa eruption currently taking place on Hawaii's Big Island. The footage was taken at 1:00 a.m. local time from the ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough by using volcanic tremors to map the magma beneath Tanzania's Ol Doinyo ...

On November 9, 2023, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, renowned for its frequent eruptions, captivated onlookers with a breathtaking display of natural power. The volcano erupted for nearly five hours, ...

It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland came to life. While the eruption was ongoing, large-scale field experiments were conducted to build ...

Officials and residents are cautiously optimistic that Mauna Loa’s first eruption in nearly 40 years will be minimally disruptive. Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, began erupting ...

Alexandria, VA – It's not every day that lava flows through a college campus parking lot. But, since January 2010, Syracuse University has been bringing the lava to Central New York. Using ...