Wherever we find a volcano on the surface of our planet, we can find the source of an eruption beneath it. That’s what I found out from my friend John Wolff, a volcanologist at Washington State ...

This week has seen two major volcanic eruptions, so it's a great time to try to learn why these spectacular events occur. Dr Siobhán Power of Geological Survey Ireland answers some questions, but ...

“Underwater volcanoes during Snowball Earth played a crucial role” in the transformation of our world from frozen ice-planet ...

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), there are roughly 1,500 active volcanoes worldwide, excluding the continuous belt of volcanoes along the seafloor. A majority of volcanoes ...

When volcanoes are preparing to erupt, scientists rely on typical signs to warn people living nearby: deformation of the ground and earthquakes, caused by underground chambers filling up with magma ...

Imagine a stream of lava as tall as a 15-storey building shooting into the sky. That’s what it looked like when a volcano started erupting in southwestern Iceland on Wednesday. It was the fifth time ...

Imagine This is a podcast with big ideas for little ones. Listen to to the episode here. It is based on the following article, reproduced here and first published by The Conversation.Why do volcanoes ...