Scientists have identified mysterious 'blobs' about 1,200 miles under the Earth's surface that could cause massive volcanic ...

Wherever you are in Portland, there’s a good chance you’re standing on a volcano. Much of Southeast Portland is part of the Boring Lava Field, an extinct volcanic area pockmarked with the remnants of ...

A lightning strike in the Basalt area ignited a tree on Wednesday afternoon, July 16. The strike ignited the fire between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. above the Lake Christine shooting range during a ...

The eruption began early July 16 on the Sundhnúkur Crater Row, about 30 miles southwest from the capital, Reykjavik. See ...

Tourists at Iceland's Blue Lagoon geothermal spa were forced to pack up and get out as a volcanic eruption left lava oozing ...

You'll feel like you're walking though Hawaii's national park when you tackle this short trail at Craters of the Moon in ...

Can lava flows be harnessed into structures that we could live and work in? -- Peter R., Eugene, Oregon To reach proposed ...

Yellowstone National Park's geological history is one of the most intensely studied in North America. A new geologic unit ...

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineers on July 10, 2025, visited monitoring stations downwind of the Kīlauea summit ...

Jaw-dropping footage captured a rare scene at Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano on the morning of July 9: a dust devil spinning beside ...

Magma from the mantle finds its way to the surface, where it erupts as lava or ash and gas—sometimes in spectacular spurts, ...

Scientists created a simulation showing that early Earth still retained chemical traces of its igneous youth, 4.5 billion years ago.