Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

At Puʻuʻōʻō, fissures reopened on either side of the vent, while at Maunaulu, the eruption stalled and the vent collapsed ...

Volcanic eruptions usually leave behind a trail of ash, disruption, and costly cleanup. In the Philippines, that ash is now being reimagined as a strategic asset, as scientists turn it into a material ...

(WJW) — You don’t see this every day. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shared a video Tuesday showing what they described as a “volnado” forming near an erupting fountain of lava in Hawaii. “We know ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea’s 31st ...

POPOCATÉPETL VOLCANO, Mexico -- In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world's most active and whose eruption could affect millions ...

What do small earthquakes beneath Kilauea summit mean for the ongoing eruption? – Features, Volcano Update | West Hawaii ...