Imagine waking up one morning to news that a massive volcanic eruption has shaken a remote region with absolutely no advance ...

Discover why volcanoes erupt, how magma and gases cause eruptions and why volcanoes are essential for life on Earth.

Volcanoes are often framed as nature’s most violent spectacles, yet some of the largest on Earth ooze lava quietly for years ...

A new study explains why even gas-rich, supposedly explosive volcanoes sometimes erupt quietly instead of blowing apart.

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles ...