Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the ...

Imagine if Earth's history had a mystery novel, and one of its biggest unsolved puzzles was: Where did all the nitrogen go?

Researchers have identified a stable, gas-venting magma cap beneath Yellowstone, reducing eruption risk and advancing ...

The research indicates that it could take hundreds of thousands of years before this new magma reservoir reaches the necessary heat and pressure levels to trigger another major eruption.

Volcanoes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and volcanoes and featuring case studies from around the world.

and even farther down to the extremely hot molten rock called magma. These underground reservoirs of steam and hot water can be tapped to generate electricity or to heat and cool buildings directly.

If magma erupts on the surface as lava ... have been changed from an earlier state through the addition of pressure or heat.s. have been subjected to tremendous heat and/or pressure, causing ...

Beneath the steaming geysers and bubbling mud pots of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the world’s most closely watched ...