Réunion, a French island in the western Indian Ocean, is like a marshmallow hovering above the business end of a blowtorch. It sits above one of Earth’s mantle plumes—a tower of superheated rock that ...

Magma beneath land close to the South Sister volcano in Oregon has caused an uplift in the area, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, offering potential clues to future volcanic activity.

This weekend, Iceland experienced nearly 2,000 earthquakes within 48 hours. And they've kept coming since then – in swarms. Scientists think all of this seismic activity is indicative of magma moving ...

Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath volcanoes in Hawai‘i appears to be responsible for an unexplained swarm of tiny earthquakes felt on the Big Island ...

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A state-of-the-art equipment upgrade is on its way to Kilauea and it’s expected to go a long way in tracking what’s going on underground. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is ...

The scientific community is abuzz following the first eruption of Mauna Loa—the world’s largest volcano, situated on the Island of Hawaii—since 1984. The eruption occurred just before midnight on ...

In early 2025, the Greek island of Santorini was rocked by a swarm of seismic activity, an event that led to school closures and the evacuation of thousands of residents. Now, scientists have used ...

This material melts at the lower pressures found away from the core, feeding additional magma into the crust. The combined supply of hot magma neatly explains a great number of Earth’s intraplate ...

A machine-learning algorithm reveals the shape of massive subterranean structures linking active volcanoes. Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath ...