Volcano facts and types of volcanoes - Live Science
Feb 25, 2025 · Discover interesting facts about volcanoes, including why and where they form and history's deadliest eruption.
Volcanoes - News and Scientific Articles on Live Science | Live …
Dec 10, 2025 · There are different types of volcanoes, including stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes and cinder cones, and different types of lava and other volcanic flows. Volcanoes can be …
'Glowing' lava lakes spotted on Africa's most active volcanoes
Apr 22, 2025 · This false-color satellite photo from 2014 shows the immense heat emanating from lava lakes at the summits of a pair of simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo.
400-mile-long chain of fossilized volcanoes discovered beneath …
Jul 29, 2025 · Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic plates collided during the breakup of …
Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant …
Feb 5, 2025 · Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new research finds. The findings have implications …
6 volcanoes erupt in eastern Russia after 8.8 megaquake - Live …
Aug 5, 2025 · Six volcanoes in far eastern Russia are now erupting following the 8.8 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks that shook the region last week. Klyuchevskaya erupted first, on …
Supervolcanic 'hell' caldera in Japan is home to 17 different …
Aug 19, 2025 · A 2012 astronaut photo shows the striking beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera, a "supervolcanic" structure home to more than a dozen volcanoes and "hellish" hot springs. It …
Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe ...
Jul 7, 2025 · Melting glaciers could make volcanic eruptions more explosive and frequent, worsening climate change in the process, scientists have warned. Hundreds of volcanoes in …
How Volcanoes Work - Live Science
Nov 1, 2004 · The volcanoes that tower above the surrounding mountains from California to Washington state are caused by subduction zones. This same process builds mountains and …
Watch mesmerizing 1,000-foot-tall lava fountains: Kilauea volcano ...
May 28, 2025 · The USGS has announced that Kilauea volcano is ejecting fountains of lava in a manner not seen since the Pu'u'ō'ō eruption in the 1980s. But while the lava is mesmerizing, …