The Lusi structure—a contraction of Lumpur Sidoarjo, meaning “Sidoarjo mud”—is an example of a geological feature known as a mud volcano. They form when a combination of mud, fluids and ga ...

Volcanoes are Earth's geologic architects. They've created more than 80 percent of our planet's surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts ...

I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.

No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads, smaller than grains of sand, formed ...

More than 1,000 active volcanoes around our planet can sputter glowing lava and smoky ash, and the world's biggest one has erupted in Hawaii after 38 years dormant. The largest active volcano in ...

ONE of the fathers of vulcanology in this country was the late Mr. Poulett Scrope, in whose well-known treatise on Volcanoes, the subject of their cause and effect was for the first time discussed ...

If there’s an eruption, the trench is designed to prevent lava reaching the power plant, causing outages and disruption, Bjarndal said. Despite the seismic activity in the volcanic region ...