Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2 billion years have left an imprint on volcanic rocks formed in island arcs.

From possible impacts to how to prepare, we dive into what we know so far about Anchorage’s closest active volcano and how to ...

Subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate creating the Aleutian trench and volcanic island arc (Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory). Click image for a larger view.

Santorini lies along the Hellenic Volcanic Arc, which stretches from the Peloponnese in southern Greece through the Cycladic islands. There are two volcanoes in the area: Nea Kameni, an islet ...

To tackle this problem, the research team led by Professor Yi-Xiang Chen, focused on volcanic rocks and forearc serpentinites from the South Sandwich Island arc. This arc, located in the South ...

In 2022, a new volcanic island emerged from the ocean nearby ... around 80 submarine volcanoes that form the Tonga-Kermadec Arc – also home to the Taupo supervolcano – which just so ...

Researchers have found that half of all active volcanoes are exposed to the risk of torrential rains linked to climate change ...

Increasing volcanic activity at the over 11,000-foot ... Spurr is one of a string of volcanos on the Aleutian Arc, an arc of islands with more than 80 named volcanos stretching the Southwest ...

Santorini lies along the Hellenic Volcanic Arc, which stretches from the Peloponnese in southern Greece through the Cycladic islands. There are two volcanoes in the area: Nea Kameni, an islet ...