How massive lava fields formed in the Pacific Northwest

Volcanic eruptions are significant geologic hazards. Underwater volcanoes are challenging to study, yet they play an integral ...
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How volcanoes form and erupt - explained by geologists

Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...
Forbes

Study Explains Why Some Volcanoes Explode and Others Don’t

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Kilauea’s eruption is back as the Hawaii volcano shoots lava, a pattern not seen for decades

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea’s 31st display of molten ...

8 of the World’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes, According to Experts

Dozens of people have died, hundreds are missing and many more homes were destroyed after separate volcanic eruptions in ...
Orange County Register

Kilauea’s lava soared as high as a skyscraper during a 6-hour eruption. Here’s what to know

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater at semiregular intervals since late last year, delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a ...