Letchworth isn’t the only place to witness this rare winter phenomenon. Along the frozen shores of Lake Ontario, water pushes ...

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 ...

An increase in seismic activity has prompted predictions that a mile-wide submarine volcano named the Axial Seamount will ...

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 ...

This will then lead to the formation of a "subduction system" in this ocean – in other words, a line of volcanoes along the ...

Water in the form of frost has been detected on the highest volcanoes on Mars. Researchers found that the red planet's Tharsis volcanoes - the tallest in the solar system - have "on and off ...

The Caspian Sea, currently facing threats, has been in the news for a different reason: the emergence and subsequent ...

Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed Wednesday that an eruption has begun in Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater at the volcano’s summit. Webcam footage of the crater showed ...