A new instrument type has discovered evidence of a volcanic process on the Moon that had only been seen on Earth. “Before the 1950’s, most scientists thought the craters on the Moon were from ...

A volcano in the Pacific Ocean is making headlines as it shows signs of forming a new island. This geological phenomenon provides a unique opportunity for scientists to observe island formation in ...

Think about a mountain that keeps getting taller but never explodes. This might sound impossible, yet it happens more often than most people realize. Volcanoes don't always follow the same playbook of ...

A giant mound near the Moon’s south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface, according to new research. The formation, known as Mafic Mound, stands about ...

Remote sensing of volcanoes and volcanic processes: integrating observations and modelling -- introduction / D.M. Pyle, T.A. Mather and J. Biggs -- Applicability of InSAR to tropical volcanoes: ...

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the science agency of the U.S. Department of Interior. Our job is to obtain and share science-based information about the ...

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's resilience to natural disasters has long been recognized, not much is known ...

Accurate forecasts of the likelihood and magnitude of a volcanic eruption in a specified timeframe are rooted in a scientific understanding of the processes that govern the storage, ascent, and ...

For two months, whenever I heard that cry, I would run up to the deck of the JOIDES Resolution to watch the crew pull up a 30-foot (10-meter) cylindrical tube filled with layered, multicolored rock ...