In a recent Nature paper, physicists attribute a molecular “film” of carbon to phenomena like. Theoretically speaking, volcanic ash—a gassy lump of collid ...

Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

Helgi Hjorleifsson, a firefighter, is a leader in a national experiment to steer rivers of lava away from important sites.

The volcano last erupted 13,000 years ago. But now, scientists suspect that the 'sleeping giant' might be waking up.

The fragile-looking filaments of cooled lava known as Pele’s hair can form when pockets of bubble-rich lava pull apart rapidly, experiments suggest. Among all the ways that molten rock can solidify ...

A Martian volcano once thought to be the result of a single eruption turns out to have a much more complex past. Orbital imaging and mineral data show it developed through multiple eruptive phases, ...

Location of the approximately 500 seismic stations that were installed in the Eifel region between September 2022 and August 2023 as part of the “Large-N Experiment” in order to obtain the highest ...

Researchers traced tremor signals deep inside Tanzania’s Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, pinpointing their 3D locations for the first time. The study revealed linked tremors at different depths, offering a ...

How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma or gases move upward through a volcano's conduits? Professor Dr. Miriam ...

In this video, we explore a lava bomb, a piece of molten magma that cools in the atmosphere. We cut the lava bomb in half and included a diamond in a unique giveaway. While this lava bomb likely isn’t ...