If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Learn why Yellowstone mysteriously does not produce sulfur dioxide, and what it means for volcanic unrest.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Though immensely powerful, volcanoes are not always spewing hot lava ...

Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano has long drawn attention for its size, constant activity, and glowing plumes of smoke and ash, ...

Pre-, post-, and coeruptive datasets. (A and B) Marine gravity anomaly derived from satellite altimetry [V31.1 and V32.1, respectively]. Subaerial island outlines in gray. (C) Change in marine gravity ...

Scientists at USGS’s Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory are grappling with a mysterious case: the case of the missing sulfur ...

Researchers have mapped the magma plumbing system beneath Tonga's underwater volcano and discovered three magma chambers, two of which fed the record-shattering 2022 eruption. When you purchase ...

New Cornell University led-research challenges the long-standing belief that active volcanoes have large magma bodies that are expelled during eruptions and then dissipate over time as the volcanoes ...

Scientists think there are about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes in the world. That’s not counting some of the ones on the ...

The project, which would be a scientific first if successful, would see boreholes drilled about 1.3 miles down through the earth’s crust at a volcano known as Krafla, located in the northeast of ...

In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most ...

Nearly a year into Kīlauea’s dramatic summit eruptions, scientists say the volcano is offering a rare, safe, and incredibly ...