Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...

Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

Effusive eruption at Mayon Volcano in Albay continues, and is now on its 22nd straight day. In its summary of 24-hour ...

Katia (right) and Maurice Krafft (left), in blue winter jackets, gaze upon a volcano in the distance as smoke, steam and ash swirl behind them. Credit: Image’Est A new documentary, “Fire of Love,” ...

The detailed archive will provide interesting insights into Antarctica's ice dynamics and weather patterns.