Composite volcanoes are the most common type of volcano. They can have violent eruptions and can grow bigger as layers of thick lava and ash harden on top of each other. Mount Etna in Sicily ...

Scientists are installing multiple temporary seismic monitoring stations to get a better understanding of the sharp increase ...

Only long-term studies can determine which type of gas fluctuations are cause for alarm and which are part of the volcano's normal cycles. Until top scientists make regular visits—something ...

It's a new take on an existing technique known as matrix imaging, and it helps overcome some of the difficulties of mapping ...

Getty Images Since the year 1500, about 280,000 people have been killed by volcanoes - 170,000 of those by just six eruptions ... Volcanoes pose many different types of danger to those who ...

Scientists in Iceland have warned that a volcanic eruption could soon happen on the island. Since late October 2023, there's been an increase in earthquake activity in the region around Reykjavik ...

Six people have been confirmed dead since ... of heightened activity" for the past eight years and that "the type of volcano it is means small eruptions can happen at any time" with little to ...

This is one of the most outstanding volcanic regions in the world, with a high density of active volcanoes, a variety of types, and a wide range of related features. The six sites included in the ...

Ever wondered what really lies underneath a volcano? Well researchers have developed a new imaging technique that lets them do just that. A research team from the French National Centre for Scientific ...

HVO’s Riegl VUX-120 aerial lidar system mounted to the belly of a contracted helicopter just before the Sept. 5, 2024 test ...

The largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is three times as high as Everest, as wide as France and may still be active with the potential to erupt.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory again leaned on their collaborators at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory — who made various lidar systems of their own ...