Consider a can of soda. When the can is closed (pressurized), the soda contains dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). When you open ...

Today, Yellowstone remains a place of low volcanic risk. Sure, there are sometimes small explosions stoked by hot water and steam. But it's mostly thermal pools and awesome geysers, reminding us of ...

Magnitude-3.4 at 12:46 a.m. March 11 at 10 miles southeast of Pāhala and depth of 20 miles. Magnitude-3.4 at 4:08 p.m. March ...

By the end of the day, about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, data from 16 crystals was collected and analyzed. The data, which ...

Volcanologists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory have been monitoring volcanic unrest since April of last year.

To time how fast a sprinter runs, you just need a stopwatch. To time how fast magma moves, you need to know a little bit ...

A new volcanic vent was discovered at Yellowstone National Park, the U.S. Geological Survey announced this week.

As magma rises from 100 km (67 miles ... teamed up with scientists from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) to carry out a rapid response exercise. They wanted to determine whether ...

Evidence of elevated volcanic activity indicate eruption of Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano could happen within weeks or months, ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that ...

Colli Albani, an Italian volcano, has experienced major eruptions thousands of years ago that don’t fit with current models. Using 3D imaging, a team from UNIGE has unraveled this phenomenon, paving ...

A new column of steam rises from Yellowstone. While the expansive volcano shows no hints of an eruption, magma brews beneath the surface, fueling hundreds of geysers and other heated phenomena.