Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs.

Now, the next time you are looking at a geologic map, you can appreciate the art and science that went into its presentation.

Sep. 24, 2024 — A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals ...

The Coast Guard said their work led to the discovery of what’s described as a sub-sea volcano-like feature during the first ...

New Jersey was once home to a fiery volcano roughly the size of Mount St. Helens – that sits in the same county as a newly mapped fault line. Rutan Hill, in Wantage, NJ, appears to be and is ...

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That’s about when the Beemerville Volcano erupted in Wantage, give or take six million years, according to geologists. So much about New Jersey is familiar — the Jersey Shore, traffic jug ...

Here’s hoping it’s nothing to blow your lid over. A normally quiet “high threat” volcano in Washington state has been rumbling at a record rate — prompting an alert from geologists who ...

Scientists might have found a new volcano, but unless you're a fish ... including members from the National Science Foundation, the University of New Hampshire, and the National Oceanic and ...

Here’s how it works. In the year 946 CE, the Changbaishan-Tianchi volcano, on the border between China and North Korea, erupted ferociously. The eruption released dozens of cubic kilometers of ...

feeding the volcanoes that build Indonesia's rugged topography. Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human ...

Vesuvius isn’t the volcano they’re worried about ... Volunteers distributed kits containing a notebook, a raincoat, a T-shirt, a flashlight and a key ring, as well as a plastic bag with ...