Winter means a lot of indoor time, and I've learned that science experiments are a lifesaver on those long, cold days. The best part? You don't need anything fancy. Baking soda, vinegar, food ...

Did you know the Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean, has about 750 to 915 active or dormant volcanoes? This is roughly two-thirds of all volcanoes worldwide. The Ring of ...

For the first time in recorded history, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia's remote Danakil region has erupted. Located southeast of the well-known Erta Ale volcano, Hayli Gubbi had no documented ...

Volcanic blast power has long been pinned on one main driver: bubbles. As magma rises and outside pressure drops, dissolved gases come out of solution, nucleate bubbles, make the melt more buoyant, ...

Hydronuclear experiments, barred globally since the 1990s, may lie behind President Trump’s call last month for the United States to resume its testing of nuclear bombs. By William J. Broad President ...

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 ...

HAWAII– Kilauea erupted once again on Friday, marking the 35th eruption for the Hawaii volcano and the highest lava fountain recorded since the eruptive episodes began on Dec. 23, 2024. Lava from this ...

An intense swarm of earthquakes around Greece’s Santorini Island in January has revealed a fiery underground link between two neighboring and historically explosive volcanoes. Analyses of seismic ...

Aso Caldera, measuring an impressive 15 miles (24 kilometers) across, sits as a defining feature of Japan’s Kyushu Island. This vast volcanic bowl was formed by four major pyroclastic eruptions that ...

The process—already seen in Iceland—makes volcanic eruptions more frequent and powerful, according to new research conducted in the Chilean Andes. The process—already seen in Iceland—makes volcanic ...