Learn about the significance of two newly identified magma reservoirs at Nicaragua's Masaya volcano, famous for the lava lake at its summit.

LMU volcanologists decipher the behavior of magma beneath an active volcano and reveal how it reacts to drilling. Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world ...

Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the majority of their time not erupting. To accurately forecast volcanic activity ...

Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of exploding. One of the most explosive volcanoes in U.S. history began its ...

For decades, volcanologists believed that the primary trigger for explosive eruptions was a drop in pressure as magma rises toward the surface. When pressure falls, gases dissolved deep within the ...

On Sept. 14–16, a set of six new eruptive fissure vents opened at Kilauea summit along the western wall of Halema‘uma‘u.

During magma vesiculation, permeability is established when growing bubbles form connected networks which allow fluids to percolate. This percolation threshold controls the relative rates between ...

Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the majority of their time not erupting. To accurately forecast volcanic activity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Nov. 27, 2022, Mauna Loa – the world's largest active volcano – erupted on the island of Hawaii. For days, fountains of lava, ...