Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding how volcanoes work. Technological advancements — such as livestreaming ...

A unique phenomenon appeared in an Upstate New York park as frigid temperatures consumed the Northern Tier of the U.S. and ...

This month something extraordinary happened in the west of New York state: a huge ‘’ice volcano’’ in the Letchworth State Park. Opposite to a regular volcano ...

Fluid inclusions in volcanoes are dominantly composed of carbon dioxide. At magmatic temperatures — 2,192 degrees — the density of the carbon dioxide strongly depends on pressure, which is influenced ...

For most of deep time, spreading ridges released more carbon than volcano chains, changing how we interpret Earth’s climate history.

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Researchers have identified 138 candidate subglacial volcanoes hidden beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, 91 of which had ...

A volcano is one of the most unforgiving natural phenomenons on Earth. If you were to fall into its magma-filled center, your ...

When referred to as a gas, it means a volatile has transitioned into the vapor phase. The most common gases (or vapor phase volatiles) emitted at the surface are water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ...