Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano has long drawn attention for its size, constant activity, and glowing plumes of smoke and ash, ...

Scientists working alongside the U.S. Coast Guard have discovered a 1,640-foot-tall (500 meters) structure that looks like an underwater volcano off the coast of Alaska. The structure may be spewing ...

Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ship Fairweather and the University of New Hampshire analyze mapping data in the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy’s computer lab while ...

In a mountainous region near the Iran–Pakistan border, satellite instruments have recorded a series of subtle changes in the ...

The deep structure of volcanoes has proven difficult for geoscientists to understand due to the inherent difficulty of seeing below the Earth’s surface. To get a more holistic understanding of ...

Olympus Mons, a shield volcano on Mars, is the largest volcano in the solar system, measuring approximately 370 miles in diameter and 26 kilometers in height. The formation of Olympus Mons and three ...

Most of the times you see the eruption of a volcano on TV or the internet, the magma shoots right out of its top. However, it is not so uncommon that the magma erupts from the volcano's flank rather ...

Several hundred volcanoes lie dormant beneath the Eifel in western Germany. They are typical examples of what is known as distributed volcanic fields ...

There are a number of “biggest” features that can be found on Mars. Some are the biggest in the solar system, like the Valles Marineris, the longest and deepest canyon we know of, or the Hellas ...

New data is used to map a volcano-like feature discovered this fall by science teams aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a polar-class icebreaker used for Arctic research. The scientists found ...

Scientists have devised a new method to forecast volcanic vent locations. Most of the times you see the eruption of a volcano on TV or the internet, the magma shoots right out of its top. However, it ...