The geological phenomenon happens when tectonic plates push another forming new subduction zones - causing the ocean to shut ...

Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs ...

Known as volcanic vortex rings, these floating hoops are actually made of water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide—not ...

In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...

Instead, an eight-mile-wide caldera — riddled with volcanoes — is recessed in the earth and sea west of Naples, forming what is called the Campi Flegrei, or “burning fields.” Image The ...