West Iceland's volcano is a rift activity volcano, which involves the earth being pulled apart in two different directions ...

In January 2022, the most powerful explosion ever recorded with modern instruments rocked the South Pacific. Now, scientists ...

The record-breaking eruption occurred on January 15, 2022. The eruption’s 36-mile-high (58-kilometer-high) volcanic plume was the largest ever recorded, and reached Earth’s mesosphere in just half an ...

While the Tonga volcanic eruption may have seemed like a relatively unpredictable event, researchers have discovered a ...

Did you know the Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean, has about 750 to 915 active or dormant ...

landslides and volcanic activity because it sits along the “Ring of Fire,” a horseshoe-shaped series of seismic fault lines around the Pacific Ocean. The sky glows from the eruption of Mount ...

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Seismic data collected before the massive Hunga Tonga eruption in 2022 could point to a new kind of early warning system for ...

Earth is an ocean world, with water covering about 71% of its surface. Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes ...

where tectonic plates clash under the surface of the Pacific Ocean, causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The nation’s volcanoes are some of the most active in the world and have caused ...

Yet another volcanic eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula (between Stóra-Skógfell and Sýlingarfell) has forced the temporary closure of Blue Lagoon and its two hotels. This marks the ...