UB researcher Stephan Kolzenburg is having a busy summer studying volcanoes around the world to deepen scientists’ understanding of lava flow. “When Nyiragongo erupted in 2021,” Kolzenburg says, “more ...

STORY: The volcano first began erupting on Sunday, November 27, at about 11:30 p.m. local time, according to the USGS. Mauna Loa rises 13,679 feet (4,169 meters) above the Pacific Ocean, part of a ...

In a field test of their instrument, University at Buffalo researchers gathered viscosity data from lava flows at the Litli-Hrútur eruption in Iceland. WASHINGTON, June 4, 2024 – Millions of people ...

Over the past few years, eruptions of Kilauea volcano on the Island of Hawaii have happened in remote regions and lava flows have not directly threatened communities. However, the approaching ...

By studying ancient lava flows that fractured over Turkey’s Tuz Gölü Fault, researchers at Curtin University have uncovered new evidence of how continents slowly tear apart. Studying ancient lava flow ...

Lava coursed from a volcano near Grindavik, Iceland, in July during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption. This latest eruption in the Sundhnukur crater row began on July 17, according to the ...

HONOLULU - Prayer. Bombs. Walls. Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii’s volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. Now Mauna Loa ...

March 17 (Reuters) - Lava flows from a volcano in southwest Iceland that had lit up the night sky on Saturday slowed on Sunday while man-made barriers appeared to be successful in steering the lava ...

HONOLULU — Hawaii County officials are knocking on doors on several streets in the Leilani Estates subdivision alerting residents to flee fast-moving lava from Kilauea volcano. Evacuation orders were ...

20 May 2021. Fjóla Guðrún Sigtryggsdóttir is shown studying the lava field upstream of the dams, with the Fagradalsfjall volcano in the background. It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021 ...