Mantle plumes were the implicit link in previous studies relating BLOBS to giant volcanic eruptions. Their shape is a bit ...

Located in the Ogasawara Island chain in the Pacific Ocean, the volcano has not erupted for 100 years. But three weeks ago, it began to explode, creating a plume so massive that NASA could see it ...

What if the most telling indications of an impending volcanic eruption are buried deep under the ocean, or in a fleeting succession of tiny quakes that no one perceives? As volcanoes of the Pacific ...

Along 1,100 kilometers, from Mexico to Costa Rica, lies the Central American volcanic arc, where the variety of magma types make for a geological paradise. By Pablo Fonseca Q. / Knowable Magazine ...

Discover how subduction zones form volcanic arcs like the Andes, and how plate collisions created massive ranges like the Himalayas. We also explain the cause of earthquakes, volcanoes, ocean ...

Located in the Ogasawara Island chain in the Pacific Ocean, the volcano has not erupted for 100 years. But three weeks ago, it began to explode, creating a plume so massive that NASA could see it ...

The 2013 explosion of the Nishinoshima volcano in Japan led to the creation of a volcanic island that grew in size for a decade. However, experts say this volcanic land growth is expected.