Volcanologist Jenni Barclay joins WIRED to answer the internet's lava-hot questions about volcanoes. How do volcanoes cause lightning? What would happen if you fell into a volcano? What do ...

Volcanologist Bill Chadwick looks for keys to predicting volcanic eruptions. Axial volcano is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet and it exists just off the coast of Oregon. Volcanologist ...

This story was originally published on the Hitchcock Project for Visualizing Science news site. The Hitchcock Project, an initiative of the Reynolds School of Journalism, aims to train students and ...

On Monday morning local time, a huge cloud of ash, hot gas and rock fragments began spewing from Italy’s Mount Etna. An enormous plume was seen stretching several kilometres into the sky from the ...

Paper, yard trimmings, wood, and other materials all end up in municipal landfills in significant quantities, and yet no one ...

Dams built to protect the Icelandic town of Grindavík from rushing lava may not be enough, a volcanologist cautions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Carbon dioxide emissions from rising magma is one of the earliest signs that a volcano is waking up, but measuring it directly is notoriously difficult. Reading time 2 minutes Forecasting volcanic ...

A Swansea University volcanologist is set to explore one of Earth's most mysterious underwater landscapes as part of a groundbreaking international expedition off the coast of Japan. The mission will ...

The Ring of Fire is an enormous belt of active and dormant volcanoes that surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean. It runs from southern Chile, up the west coast of the Americas, through the islands off ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. For students and faculty alike, the beauty and intrigue of Yellowstone National Park is one of ...