Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

Scientists trace the source of Santorini quakes to deep magma flow, challenging fault-based theories with new volcanic ...

The spectacular lava fountains that marked Kilauea’s 27th eruptive episode came to an abrupt stop at 7:54 p.m. Sunday, ...

Update at 10:09 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 2025: Episode 27 of the ongoing episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano on the Big ...

Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

The background cliff is the Summit Lake rhyolite lava flow, which is about 111,000 years old. The camera is a temporary deployment installed on a sloping and damaged boardwalk, which is why the ...

Lava flows have been known to reach as far as the eastern seaboard of Sicily and run off into the Ionian Sea. It is about 40km from Etna to Catania, which has a population of more than 300,000 ...

The most recent eruptive phase of large rhyolite lava flows are the Central Plateau Member rhyolites, the youngest of which is 70 thousand years old. The high-silica composition results in a very ...

Previously, it was thought that the youngest eruption in the region was the rhyolite lava of the Pitchstone Plateau about 70,000 years ago, while the youngest known basalt flow was 120,000 years old. ...

Arnhildur Pálmadóttir, an Icelandic architect, has designed buildings with half the typical carbon footprint and is hoping to use lava as a building material. COURTESY OF S.AP ARKITEKTAR ...

The devastation would not stop there, as lava flows and pyroclastic materials could cover an area stretching over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), engulfing neighboring states such as Montana and ...