Halema‘uma‘u has been progressively filled by six eruptions at the summit of Kilauea since 2020, and it continues to accumulate new lava with each successive fountaining episode of the ongoing ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Drew La Pointe, communication ...

When volcanoes are preparing to erupt, scientists rely on typical signs to warn people living nearby: deformation of the ground and earthquakes, caused by underground chambers filling up with magma ...

One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.

University of Birmingham volcanologist Mike Cassidy argued that the biggest danger could come, not from Yellowstone and Mount Etna, but from hidden volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely ...

James F. Holden receives funding from NASA. People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe ...