The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over 230 million years ago, a new study reveals. The Late TriassicThe…
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Photo of volcanic ash taken in Hawaii on April 8, 2008. Credit: United States Geological Survey Scientists found evidence that a region of northern MarsMars…
Basaltic lava flow. Credit: The University of Queensland Lava samples have revealed a new truth about the geological make-up of the Earth’s crust and could…
Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new insight into what caused one of the most rapid and dramatic instances of climate change in the history of…
Curtin scientists are part of an international research team that studied an ancient supervolcano in Indonesia and found such volcanoes remain active and hazardous for…
Fiery river in Kamchatka, Russia. Extensive chains of volcanoes have been responsible for both emitting and then removing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), stabilizing temperatures at…
August 13, 2021 The eruption of an underwater volcano near South Iwo Jima sent a plume soaring into flight paths and created an expansive raft…
Scientists say it is extremely challenging to try and predict when a supervolcano might erupt again due to the sheer diversity of events that have…
A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago likely caused severe climate disruption in many areas of the globe, but early human populations…
Simulation of global sulfur gas concentrations, in present-day and high-end warming scenarios. Credit: Thomas Aubry, University of Cambridge Researchers have shown that human-caused climate change…
Currently, much of the thinking around risks posed by volcanoes follows a simple equation: the bigger the likely eruption, the worse it will be for…
A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago likely caused severe climate disruption in many areas of the globe, but early human populations…
Credit: Phil Vandenbossche & Nelson Kuna/CSIRO Looking like the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, an ancient undersea volcano was slowly…
Maat Mons, a large volcano on Venus, is shown in this 1991 simulated-color radar image from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft mission. Credit: NASA/JPL Traces of the…
March 29 – June 26, 2021 Lava flows from the Icelandic volcano were estimated to cover a total area of 3 square kilometers, three months…
Agung, a volcano in Bali, had an explosive eruption in 2018. Credit: O.L. Andersen Indonesia’s volcanoes are among the world’s most dangerous. Why? Through chemical…
One of the Strombolian explosions that have occurred at Stromboli about every 10 minutes for at least 2000 years. Credit: © UNIGE, Luca Caricchi Geologists…
This illustration, updated as of December 2020, depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. The mission, targeting a 2024 launch, will investigate whether Jupiter’s moon Europa and…
A lava flow from Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano enters the ocean near Isaac Hale Beach Park on August 5, 2018. The volcano’s 2018 eruption was its…
Recent explosive volcanic deposit around a fissure of the Cerberus Fossae system. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/The Murray Lab New observations reveal that Mars could still be volcanically…