Glaciers are melting. It may reawaken the world’s most dangerous volcanoes

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.
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Mysterious Ice Clouds Formed by Volcanic Eruptions – Scientists Reveal How

When volcanic eruptions send towering plumes of ash into the atmosphere, they don’t just darken the sky or affect local air quality. New research shows that these eruptions can actually trigger the ...

What’s inside Mexico’s Popocatépetl? Scientists obtain first 3D images of the whole volcano

Popocatépetl emerged in the crater of other volcanoes in its current form more than 20,000 years ago and has been active ...
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

For 25 Years, the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program Has Kept Weekly Tabs on Volcanic Eruptions Around the World. Here’s How They Do It

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...
Fast Company

More great news about climate change: It’s also causing more volcanic eruptions

As global temperatures increase because of climate change, glaciers around the world are melting—contributing to rising sea levels, more extreme weather events, and habitat loss for all sorts of ...
IFLScience

Less Ice, More Fire: Evidence Melting Glaciers Make Volcanic Eruptions More Explosive

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
Maui Now

Volcano Watch — ‘It’s a twister! Or is it?’ unraveling Kīlauea’s volcanic whirlwinds

Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ...
Science Daily

A volcano erased an island’s plants. Their DNA revealed how life starts over

Volcanic eruptions on the remote island of Nishinoshima repeatedly wipe the land clean, giving scientists a rare chance to study life’s earliest stages. Researchers traced the genetic origins of an ...
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NASA satellite films rare eruption after 400 years of calm

When a volcano that has slept for centuries suddenly roars back to life, the first clear view no longer comes from a ship or a nearby village, but from orbit. Earlier this year, a NASA satellite ...
AOL

15 Active Volcanoes In America That Could Blow Tomorrow

When you think of the United States, images of sprawling cities and vast landscapes might come to mind, but not the hidden and ever-present geological threat: volcanoes. While you might associate ...
Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Volcano Watch: ‘It’s a twister! Or is it?’ Unraveling Kilauea’s volcanic whirlwinds

Often spotted by onlookers in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, or even by YouTube livestream viewers, the long, ashy gray or ...