Volcanoes can also form where plates crash into each other. When one tectonic plate pushes beneath another, it's called subduction. The plate diving into Earth pulls down rocks and minerals full ...

Experts hope the minerals they find via this method will “power green, renewable energy sources for a sustainable future.” ...

They are caused by a static source of magma, often away from plate margins. As the plate moves away from the hotspot, a new volcano island will form.

There are two main types of volcano - composite and shield. The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often ...

By concentrating on the role of nitrogen instead of oxygen, researchers are illuminating Earth's pre-oxygen atmosphere in new ...

Volcanoes form as the magma rises through the Earth's crust. The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park has been sporadically erupting since December. Lava erupted from the volcano ...

A glass -like substance found in the skull of a person who perished in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius has helped archaeologists unravel the sequence of events that wiped out Pompeii and ...

At CU Boulder, we use petrology to study the formation of volcanoes and their magmatic sources, the evolution of continental crust during the growth and destruction of mountain belts, the genesis of ...

Taal Volcano erupted on January 12, causing multiple earthquakes, lava fountains and a huge lightning-flecked cloud, as clouds of ash were blown as far as 65km north to Manila, the capital of ...

To find more, we need to understand how and why these deposits form. Our latest research on Australian volcanoes, published in Communications Earth and Environment, shows how tiny crystals formed ...

repeated eruptions form volcanic mountains. The Earth’s crust contains cracks or openings through which magma escapes. When magma reaches the surface, it cools and solidifies, forming a volcano.