Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...

A recent study reveals that the Poás volcano has changed its eruption pattern, redefining the global ash-related risk map.

Early humans in Ethiopia survived the Toba supervolcano eruption by shifting to river foods, revealing how drought shaped ...

Geochemical analysis of erupted tephra samples over the past decade help scientists understand the temperature of Kilauea’s shallow magma system under the summit — and things have been “heating up!” ...

The magma reservoir of the largest volcanic eruption of the Holocene is refilling. This Kobe University insight on the Kikai ...

The discovery has revealed a hidden process that could change how scientists understand volcanic systems.

A new detection method called “Jerk” could dramatically improve how scientists forecast volcanic eruptions. By using a single ...

Social media videos showed people running into the streets as bright orange flames and smoke spewed into the sky.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Underwater volcano Axial Seamount. (National Science Foundation) An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon that was forecast ...

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. This photo shows the gap between the south (left) and ...

An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon is gearing up for an eruption, according to volcanologists who are monitoring for activity. The Axial Seamount-- an underwater volcano located about 300 ...

Data from NASA's InSight mission suggests the Red Planet's Tharsis region is more active than previously thought and may be ...