Scientists think there are about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes in the world. That’s not counting some of the ones on the ...
Where Volcanoes Are Born Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and ...
Mount St. Helens -- What is a volcano? -- Layers of earth -- Kinds of volcanoes -- Eruptions -- Other dangers -- How volcanoes help -- From lava to land -- Dormant volcanoes -- Geothermal energy -- ...
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 ...
Beneath the cold waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean, roughly 700 miles northwest of San Francisco, an ominous geological force is rumbling. Scientists warn that the Axial Seamount, one of the most ...
Io, one of Jupiter’s Galilean satellites, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Images from spacecraft have shown molten lava erupting along walls that dam giant lava lakes and ...
The United States leads the globe with 165 Holocene volcanoes, followed by Japan and Russia. These nations, situated along tectonic plate boundaries, host numerous active volcanic sites. Ongoing ...