First look at the island may offer the picture of a dead caldera but a closer look reveals that the caldera actually holds a ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a large plume of discolored water rising from the undersea Kavachi volcano, during an eruption ...

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

The volcanoes that form where tectonic plates are pulling apart are now seen at midocean ridges, which are places under the ocean where two pieces of crust move away from each other. Two major ...

Scientists warn that the Alaska volcano Mount Spurr is likely to erupt soon, showering ash on Anchorage and potentially disrupting air travel.

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S.

Centuries of eruptions on the Big Island have created hidden networks of passages beneath volcanoes. In December 2016 a large lava delta formed by Kilauea volcano sank into the sea, exposing the ...

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The letter did not say. Along with carbon dioxide, these volcanoes and the 40,000-miles of mid-ocean mountain ridges pump enormous amounts of heat into the ocean; we don’t have a good handle on ...

Several past eruptions were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō ...

Their research will explore how undersea volcanoes interact with glaciers and ocean waters. While many college students who study abroad get the chance to traverse foreign cities and explore other ...