The Hayli Gubbi volcano, long thought to be dormant, sent ash nine miles into the sky in an eruption on Sunday ...

A new study finds the Santorini volcano erupted decades before Pharaoh Ahmose, challenging its long-assumed link to early New ...

Volcanoes rarely erupt without warning, but the signals they send are often subtle, scattered and easy to miss. Now a new ...

The physics of java and lava are actually quite similar, at least when it comes to bubbles, according to a surprising study.

State volcanologists yesterday detected continuous earthquakes around Taal Volcano in Batangas, which may lead to an eruption.

Scientists have discovered that shear forces inside rising magma can create gas bubbles long before pressure drops occur. The ...

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Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of exploding.

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped ...