Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava flows.

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes. A study to be ...

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

Over 3,000 years ago, the eruption of Santorini’s volcano ended an ancient civilization. Scientists may know what the next big explosion could look like. A man looks out across the Santorini caldera ...

Traces of the gas phosphine point to volcanic activity on Venus, according to new research from Cornell University. Last autumn, scientists revealed that phosphine was found in trace amounts in the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Melting glaciers may be setting the stage for more frequent and ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped ...

Great Sitkin volcano, sitting in Alaska’s central Aleutian Islands, has been slowly pushing lava out of its summit crater ...

Stunning social media videos erupted from the northern coast of Colombia on Feb. 25, when a mud volcano exploded, shooting flames high into the sky and prompting evacuations, local officials reported.