Scientists are warning that volcanoes buried under ice sheets are not as dormant as they look. As glaciers thin and retreat, ...

In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world's most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. Its mission: figure ...

Deep beneath the thick layer of million-year-old ice, something is lurking quietly, waiting to rip through the rigid ice ...

Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news stories. But despite the jolts and temblors, geologists say there's ...

The project, which would be a scientific first if successful, would see boreholes drilled about 1.3 miles down through the earth’s crust at a volcano known as Krafla, located in the northeast of ...

Mount Rainier - one of many volcanoes found in the Cascade Range - is reflecting in the Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State, USA. A seismic survey challenges the ...

• Axial Seamount is the best-monitored submarine volcano in the world. • It’s the most active undersea volcano closest to California. • It could erupt by the end of the year. A mysterious and highly ...

Travelers planning their dream vacation to the Hawaiian Islands might have to visit an active volcano at the top of their list, which makes planning a trip to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, located ...

New Cornell University led-research challenges the long-standing belief that active volcanoes have large magma bodies that are expelled during eruptions and then dissipate over time as the volcanoes ...

Cambridge scientists discovered that thin, weak zones in Earth’s plates helped spread Iceland’s mantle plume across the North Atlantic, explaining why volcanic activity once spanned thousands of ...

A powerful swarm of earthquakes in January suggested one of Iceland’s giant “ice volcanoes” may be awakening after a decade of slumber. In the months that followed, more earthquakes have rocked the ...