VOLCANOES

Volcanic activity billions of years ago set the stage for Earth’s oxygen-rich atmosphere, research suggests

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in...

Volcanic forces may have fueled early marine life, study suggests

Analysis of fossilized rocks known as stromatolites from more than 2.5 billion years ago has provided new insights into the conditions on Earth before...

Ill-prepared trekkers swarm Mt Etna for high-altitude selfies

Authorities near Sicily's Mount Etna are bracing to control an influx of visitors this weekend, attracted by a two-week flow of lava inspiring high-altitude...

In its 10th episode, Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is again spewing lava

Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Wednesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes,...

Kilauea is spewing lava again. It is the Hawaii volcano’s latest activity in an on-and-off eruption

Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes,...

Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption

A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a...

Hawai’i’s two most active volcanoes share a magma source, research reveals

Using a nearly 200-year record of lava chemistry from Kīlauea and Maunaloa, Earth scientists from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and colleagues revealed...

Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupts more than 1,000 times this month

A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted at least a thousand times this month, according to an official report Sunday as efforts were underway...

Eager visitors flock to see spectacular lava fountaining from Kilauea eruption in Hawaii

People were flocking to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday to get a glimpse of fountaining lava. The eruption that began Dec. 23 in a crater at...

Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupts, spews hot lava and smoke

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Saturday, spewing hot lava and releasing a column of smoke and ash four kilometers (3.1 miles) into...

Cumbre Vieja study suggests that magma composition drives volcanic tremor

A study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast,...

Magmatic fluids and melts may lie beneath dormant German volcanoes

Central Europe is typically not on most people's radar when it comes to assessing volcanic risk. However, as recently as 11,000 years ago, volcanoes...

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