Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...
A gigantic bulge in the north rim of the Yellowstone caldera is the latest sign of volcanic activity in the national park. Geologists call this type of bulge “volcanic uplift.” It’s often caused by ...
Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...
The detailed archive will provide interesting insights into Antarctica's ice dynamics and weather patterns.
California has seven active volcanoes, each with a unique eruption history, categorized by type and threat level. The USGS monitors these volcanoes, providing information to authorities and the public ...
Effusive eruption at Mayon Volcano in Albay continues, and is now on its 22nd straight day. In its summary of 24-hour ...
More than 1,000 active volcanoes around our planet can sputter glowing lava and smoky ash, and the world's biggest one has erupted in Hawaii after 38 years dormant. The largest active volcano in the ...
Evidence for current volcanic activity on the planet Venus has recently made the news. But Venus is far from the only world beyond Earth to exhibit signs of volcanic activity. In fact, having volcanic ...
The eruption of Mount Pinatubo volcano in June 1991 is the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century. Understanding how volcano activity may change over time is particularly important ...
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains of glowing rock and spilling lava from fissures as its first eruption in nearly four decades began on Nov. 27, 2022.
Fig. 3. Lunar volcanic landforms. (A) Floor-fractured crater (44.3°E, 46.5°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (B) Lava flows in the southwestern Imbrium (330.4°E, 25.5°N), Apollo photograph AS15-M-1701. (C) Sinuous ...