There was no visible flow of lava back into the vent after the pause, and the gradual drop in lava level is more likely because of loss of gas bubbles — summit lavas are 50% or more bubbles — or very ...

Scientists say the enormous Yellowstone supervolcano is stirring in its sleep, with concerns the subterranean monster could blow. The Yellowstone supervolcano is stirring in its sleep. Scientists say ...

Towering lava fountains erupted at Kīlauea's summit, reaching staggering heights of 262 to 295 feet (80 to 90 meters), according to USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists. The fiery display ...

Tristan da Cunha is a group of islands in the South Atlantic that formed from the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana.

Kilauea’s lava lake is stagnant and crusted over ... Loa Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian ...

President Joe Biden has brought a land mass bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island under federal protection.

The giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park is cooling off in the west but staying hot in the northeast.

Yellowstone is one of the planet's largest volcanic systems, a place where a plume of the Earth's molten core rises ... as a single underground lake of lava beneath volcanos, but newer mapping ...

Satellite imagery has revealed the dramatic extent of an eruption that kicked off just before Christmas, with fountains pouring lava across hundreds of acres.

At 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 31, 2024, the eruption continued in Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera) with 50–80 foot (15–25 meter) lava fountains from two vents. A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crew observed ...