Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...

In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world's most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. Its mission: figure ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

(WJW) — You don’t see this every day. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shared a video Tuesday showing what they described as a “volnado” forming near an erupting fountain of lava in Hawaii. “We know ...

This image from webcam footage provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up in the air in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano inside ...

HONOLULU — Lava shoots high into the sky. Molten rock erupts from two vents simultaneously. The nighttime sky glows red and orange, reflecting the lava oozing across a summit crater. Scientists expect ...

The USGS has released dramatic footage as the Kilauea volcano erupts, forming rare 12 metre dome-shaped lava fountains.

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.