A project by Icelandic firm s.ap arkitektar envisions the year 2150, when buildings and cities made from lava could be a ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

Scientists trace the source of Santorini quakes to deep magma flow, challenging fault-based theories with new volcanic ...

If you’ve been following the ongoing episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island, you might have seen the ...

When the island of Santorini was rattled by thousands of small earthquakes earlier this year, many people were left mystified ...

Underneath Yellowstone National Park, magma bubbles and flows. But exactly how close it is to the surface has long been a mystery to scientists — until now. For the first time, researchers have ...

Can lava flows be harnessed into structures we could live and work in? Peter R., Eugene, OR. To reach proposed climate goals, ...

Brandon Schmandt, a professor of earth, environmental, and planetary science at Rice University, told Nexstar that scientists have long known that there is magma beneath Yellowstone.

When the magma is runny, like at Kīlauea, the fountains might go from a thousand feet tall to a few tens of feet as the viscosity gets higher, usually due to cooling. However, the stickier magma at ...