Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs.

Centuries of eruptions on the Big Island have created hidden networks of passages beneath volcanoes. In December 2016 a large lava delta formed by Kilauea volcano sank into the sea, exposing the ...

In 2002 the volcano shot more than 15 million cubic yards of lava into downtown Goma, destroying 14,000 homes, burying buildings to the top of the first floor, and forcing 350,000 citizens to flee.

A volcano in the Philippines has begun spewing lava, as authorities warn that a "hazardous eruption" is possible "within hours or days". In the early hours of Monday, a weak flow of lava began ...

Lava domes are rounded, steep-sided mounds built by magma that is highly resistant to flow, usually either dacite or rhyolite. Such magmas are typically too viscous to move far from the vent ...

Lithium6ion/Wikipedia But that small Sussex county hillock was, 430 million years ago, the Beemerville Volcano – spanning 10 to 20 miles across and spewing with lava and ash for millions of ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted in early May, sending a smoldering flow of lava into residential areas on the Big Island. Authorities ordered people living in Leilani Estates and Lanipuna ...

I’ve been asked by my fellow explorers to get some rock samples from Mount Vesuvius, but it’s an active volcano, so I’ll need to watch out for things like lava flow. Lava is very hot molten ...

Value-focused travellers have long known that the Canaries offer excellent bang for your buck ... and delve beneath the ...

About two months before Mauna Loa spewed rivers of glowing orange molten lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby ...

Lava is the word for magma when it erupts onto the Earth's surface. Geologists also use the term to describe the solidified deposits of lava flows and fragments hurled into the air by explosive ...

Composite volcanoes are the most common type of volcano. They can have violent eruptions and can grow bigger as layers of thick lava and ash harden on top of each other. Mount Etna in Sicily ...