What may look like a single volcanic eruption is usually the visible outcome of far more complicated activity taking place underground. Beneath the surface, magma can migrate, cool, mix, and ...
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Why do volcanoes erupt?
Volcanoes erupt because hot, melted rock from deep inside the Earth finds a way to reach the surface. This melted rock is called magma, and it forms when parts of the Earth’s mantle become so hot that ...
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What causes volcanoes to erupt?
Volcanoes erupt because hot, melted rock from deep inside the Earth finds a way to reach the surface. This melted rock is called magma, and it forms when parts of the Earth’s mantle become so hot that ...
When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...
Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...
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