An underwater volcano in the Pacific, Axial Seamount, reveals a process that could challenge current theories about the Earth ...

Methana volcano looked dead for more than 100,000 years, yet magma kept building below ground. By dating tiny crystals, ...

Schematics of Yellowstone's magmatic system. Left: schematics illustrating Yellowstone's magmatic system under the traditional magma chamber view. Right: schematics showing Yellowstone's ...

A massive “stealth” magma surge beneath Portugal’s São Jorge Island triggered thousands of earthquakes after rising almost ...

Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone’s potential to blow its stack in the future. Chinese scientists have made a disconcerting find ...

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 ...

LMU volcanologists decipher the behavior of magma beneath an active volcano and reveal how it reacts to drilling. Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world ...