Scientists directly observed a massive underwater volcanic eruption that created new oceanic crust, offering rare insight ...

Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A ...

A new autonomous measurement system has been designed to map volcanic gas concentrations with ...

To better assess the danger posed by volcanoes, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a new ...

Volcanic processes in oceanic plateaus are dominated by high-volume, often short-lived eruptions linked to mantle plume activity and interactions with mid-ocean ridges. Magma ascent can occur through ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have effectively simulated how bubbles grow in volcanic magma thanks to a novel pressure vessel that can mimic the eruption process in a laboratory setting.

A new instrument type has discovered evidence of a volcanic process on the Moon that had only been seen on Earth. “Before the 1950’s, most scientists thought the craters on the Moon were from ...

A giant mound near the Moon’s south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface, according to new research. The formation, known as Mafic Mound, stands about ...

The Andes represent one of the world’s most active continental margins, where the eastward subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath South America has driven over 200 million years of mountain building ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Volcanoes are a key part of the Earth system, and open a window into the inner ...

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the science agency of the U.S. Department of Interior. Our job is to obtain and share science-based information about the ...