Around 900 years ago, a volcano – which has come to be called Sunset Crater – erupted and transformed the encircling area. Geologic features like cinders, lava rock and lava flow compose this ...

The Athabasca Valles system offers key insights into the history of water on the Red Planet, and its volcanic features such as crater-like rootless cones hint at brief episodes in Mars' past when ...

Two weeks after its last eruption on January 10, Taal Volcano had a steam-driven eruption at 2:22 a.m. Wednesday, sending a 500-meter plume above the crater. The Taal Volcano Observatory’s ...

Around 201 million years ago, incredible volcanic outpourings in the supercontinent Pangaea shook up life on Earth and gave early dinosaurs a chance to thrive. Paleontologists have known something ...

The Conversation Africa asked volcano researcher Amdemichael Tadesse to explain what’s happening below the earth’s surface. How common is it for quakes in Ethiopia to trigger volcanic eruptions?

Dramatic timelapse footage captured the ash cloud shooting from the volcano's crater more than 6,500 feet into the air over surrounding towns. This is the volcano's 15th eruption this year - ...

The extinct volcanic crater is approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) wide. Most of the landscape in the image is light brown, indicating a lack of forest cover. In contrast, greener areas farther west ...

An Oregon State University scientist has predicted a volcanic eruption in 2025. But at about one mile under the ocean, the volcano isn’t considered a threat. Bill Chadwick is a Research Associate at ...

Earthquakes and volcanic activity are both common in Ethiopia. The country is located in a geologically active region, the East African Rift System. But it's rare for earthquakes to directly trigger ...

Earthquakes and volcanic activity are both common in Ethiopia. The country is located in a geologically active region, the East African Rift System. But it's rare for earthquakes to directly ...