Scientists have revealed the huge underground plumbing system of Yellowstone volcano in unprecedented detail. The findings, which are the result of a mammoth subsurface mapping task, could help answer ...

The pali (cliffs) of Kilauea s south flank are some of the volcano s most striking features. Reaching up to 500 m (1500 ft) high, they stand out against the otherwise gentle slopes of Hawaii s most ...

Mount Shasta, a steep-sided Cascade Range stratovolcano in Northern California, looms above Little Glass Mountain, a thick obsidian flow erupted from the Medicine Lake shield volcano about 1,000 years ...

Topographic mapping has been a key component of volcano monitoring for decades, helping scientists to study morphologic changes and predict the paths of lava flows during eruptions. Lidar systems are ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the first ever comprehensive and systematic review of the 169 U.S. volcanoes and established a framework for a National Volcano Early Warning System ...

A hotspot that powers the Yellowstone volcanic system could be much, much older than scientists originally thought. For years, scientists have thought the Yellowstone hotspot, the source of heat that ...

With the recent eruption of New Zealand’s White Island volcano, many questions have come up as to why it wasn’t flagged for possible eruption? White Island was in fact termed an ‘Alert Level 2’ ...

HONOLULU — The U.S. Senate has passed legislation aimed at improving the country’s volcano monitoring and early warning capabilities. The measure would strengthen existing volcano monitoring systems ...

TOBYHANNA, Pennsylvania -- A reengineering effort at Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) is bringing new life to the M139 Volcano – a mine dispensing system originally fielded in the 1990s. The M139 Volcano ...

For a few decades now, the title holder for largest volcano in the solar system has been Mars' Olympus Mons. The volcano is a large - and by that I mean it covers the same area as the state of Arizona ...

Scientists in New Zealand have invented an alert system to provide warnings ahead of volcanic eruptions – a system which, they say, could have predicted 2019’s deadly White Island blast. 21 people ...

Mount Olympus, the highest peak in Greece, is 2,918 meters (9,573 feet) high – and was once thought to be home to some rather petulant gods. Compared to the Martian mountain that shares its name, ...