Here’s a look at volcanoes, mountains that open downward to a reservoir of molten rock. More than 80% of the Earth’s surface, both above and below sea level, is of volcanic origin. Lava is molten rock ...
Volcanoes created the Galápagos Islands and made life possible and they continue to create and destroy. The islands force cold water to the surface and with it wildlife in profusion, while their ...
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 ...
From Vesuvius to Laki, we've seen some monstrous eruptions of volcanoes throughout history. Most of these volcanoes are ...
Intrigued by reports of recent volcanic eruptions on Venus? WashU planetary scientists Paul Byrne and Rebecca Hahn want you to use their new map of 85,000 volcanoes on Venus to help locate the next ...
Some hotspot volcanoes aren’t so hot after all. Islands such as Iceland and Hawai‘i are thought to form from plumes of superheated rock that rise from a depth of several thousand kilometres. These ...