Satellite images taken more than three decades apart show the disappearance of Iceland's Okjökull, the first glacier to be officially declared dead as a result of human-caused climate change.

A volcano near Anchorage, Alaska, called Mount Spurr, has been rumbling. As a result, the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory issued an alert. This indicates that the volcano, which ...

First look at the island may offer the picture of a dead caldera but a closer look reveals that the caldera actually holds a ...

Deep within Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Virunga National Park is home to some of the continent’s most active volcanoes, ...

It's called the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire and volcanic eruptions The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped region in the ...

Inspired by embryos, these disk-shaped robots use magnets, motors, and light to shift between rigid and fluid states. The result? A self-healing, shape-shifting system that could change how we build ...

Hawaii's Mauna Loa and Kilauea are both shield volcanoes. Though they don't form a classic cone shape, shield volcanoes can be massive: Mauna Loa has an estimated volume of 18,000 cubic miles ...

Yellowstone and Hawaiʻi. These systems a well known for producing large volumes of magma through time and leaving chains of volcanic features in their wake, although they do so in very different ways.

We have a rough idea of the size and shape of this field, but the fine particulars elude our understanding. Now, a new computational study has revealed a surprising structure – a spiral generated by ...

On Tuesday, the Kilauea volcano erupted once again, putting on a breathtaking show on Hawaii Island, also known as Big Island. Intermittently erupting since 23 December, this volcano is one of the ...

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island sprang ... flows gently down the side of the mountain, creating a shield-like shape.