Volcanoes erupt because hot, melted rock from deep inside the Earth finds a way to reach the surface. This melted rock is ...

Earth-like planets have a thin crust, a large mantle (which contains a lot of molten magma), and a core. Inside these ...

Volcanoes erupt because hot, melted rock from deep inside the Earth finds a way to reach the surface. This melted rock is called magma, and it forms when parts of the Earth’s mantle become so hot that ...

More than 1,400 microearthquakes shake Tenerife in 14 hours and trigger scientific alert in Las Cañadas del Teide.

The mechanisms underlying two important phenomena in the Archean—the emergence of continental crust and the presence of an exceptionally strong geomagnetic field—remain poorly understood. Notably, ...

Over the last 10 years or so, I’ve featured numerous articles about the Yellowstone supervolcano. We know that it is located ...

The volcano responsible for a catastrophic eruption in 1982 that left thousands dead is now stirring, with concerns also ...

Temperatures in the hot springs can reach boiling point Yellowstone in the US is one of the most breathtaking areas of ...

In northeast Ethiopia, the rift shoved continental plates apart by 25 feet in just a few days, completely shocking ...

One of its previous eruptions may have plunged generations into a dark age before becoming the death knell for the entire civilisation - and there are fears it is beginning to stir again ...

Taftan volcano in southeastern Iran rose 3.5 inches over 10 months, signaling that it is waking up after 700,000 years of ...

On the 42nd day of Mayon Volcano’s effusive eruption, which began on January 6, 2026, the volcano has produced an estimated ...