With our ideas of volcanoes we always associate the grand and the terrible ; and a volcanic eruption—a huge piece of artillery, with a mouth perhaps miles in circumference, shooting up rocks and ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

It’s known as the world’s smallest volcano. 🌋 This tiny volcano used to be an active geyser, but now it’s a popular tourist spot. In this article, we’ll explore Cuexcomate’s history ...

"It's this great natural laboratory," he said. "It's really active. So, you can test all these ideas about how volcanoes work, how eruptions are triggered, how magma gets to the surface during the ...