Tiny crystals suggest extinct volcanoes could still grow underground, a finding that could reshape how scientists assess ...

By reconstructing a 700,000-year history of Methana volcano, geologists found a prehistoric phase when it appeared inactive ...

For years, the Methana volcano located in Greece has been categorised as a dormant volcano since it has always appeared ...

The Methana volcano sits at the edge of a Greek peninsula dotted with hot springs, small hotels, and roughly 2,000 permanent ...

A volcano can lie dormant for over 100,000 years not because it is dying, but because water-rich magma is trapped in the crust, silently growing its reservoir. Studying zircon crystals from the ...

Learn how scientists discovered that Methana, a volcano in Greece believed to be dormant, was actually collecting magma for ...

Romania’s Ciomadul volcano last erupted some 30,000 years ago, but as a new study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reports, between 5 to 14 cubic miles of magma still simmer below the ...

A volcano that lies close to the border between Iran and Pakistan may be nearing an eruption again for the first time in more than 700,000 years, a study has suggested. Scientists say that the Taftan ...

New research on Greece’s Methana volcano reveals that long periods of surface calm can coincide with intense magma buildup underground, challenging traditional labels like “extinct.” By analyzing ...