This makes Etna an enigma. Despite its long historical record – plus extensive monitoring and research in modern times – no ...

New research suggests Mount Etna forms from deep mantle magma pockets, possibly classifying it as a rare “petit-spot” volcano ...

Mount Etna draws magma from a deep reservoir 50 miles underground, reshaping how scientists understand its eruptions and ...

Hawaii’s Mokuʻāweoweo, or Mauna Loa, hadn’t seen any external activity for nearly four decades when it erupted in November. Lava flowed from the volcano’s caldera for almost two weeks; ash drifted ...

The Kilauea volcano inside of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is currently erupting in a remote and closed area of the park. According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the eruption started ...

Two-dimensional maps of clinopyroxene crystals that passed through a volcano’s magma chamber display a sharp increase in ...

Scientists descended into Kilauea's volcano crater to collect samples from the recent eruption. Officials from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory conducted a ...

Learn how Mount Etna stands apart from most volcanoes, having been formed by pockets of magma held in Earth's upper mantle.

Learn how scientists discovered that Methana, a volcano in Greece believed to be dormant, was actually collecting magma for ...

Submarine volcanoes, volcanic structures hidden beneath the ocean surface, play a vital role in shaping Earth’s geology and marine ecosystems. Formed through tectonic plate movements, rising magma, ...