Scientists have studied Yellowstone National Park's magmatic system for years, but a new view of the magma chamber shows the ...

Cloudy weather has rendered Alaska Volcano Observatory planes, helicopters and satellites useless for data collection since ...

Kenneth Sims and other research scientists recently discovered that mafic volcanism of Henrys Fork Caldera -- located in ...

The Reykjanes Peninsula at Iceland's southwestern edge is one of the country's most populated regions, and it is also one of ...

Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in several years of warm and dry weather, ...

For decades, scientists knew magma was simmering beneath the earth at Yellowstone National Park. A team of researchers ...

For the first time, geoscientists detected the top of Yellowstone’s magma reservoir. It is active and dynamic, but not in danger of erupting, they found.

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

Volcanoes inspire awe with spectacular eruptions and incandescent rivers of lava, but often their deadliest hazard is what ...

Dozens of mini-earthquakes have rattled Alaska's Mount Spurr over the past week, sparking fears among scientists that the towering 11,000-foot volcano may be on the verge of a major eruption.

Residents in Alaska's largest city are bracing for a looming volcano eruption that scientists have warned could happen in a few weeks. Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall volcano, sits just 81 ...

During a field trip to the Lava Creek Tuff near Shell, Wyoming, scientists discovered evidence of two major volcanic eruptions. | Credit: USGS/Photo by Madison Myers. Scientists in Wyoming have ...