Satellites detect that Iran's Taftan volcano has risen 3.5 inches, which is an indication of internal pressure and volcanic ...

There aren't many places on the planet where you can see both active volcanoes and massive glaciers. This Icelandic national ...

A 200-mile stretch of the Andes running through Ecuador can be zipped through in about 4 hours. But why would you with such ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The best adventures are the ones that offer tangible history lessons that teach us more about Oregon! This week, we have a dandy in Central Oregon where volcanic eruptions, magma ...

Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA's Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic ...

VOLCANIC LEGACY SCENIC BYWAY, Ore. — Quartzite mountains. Pumice plains. Cinder cones. Volcanoes are the geology that shaped the Pacific Northwest — and there’s an easy way to view them on an ...

Living among the volcanic peaks of the Cascade Mountains is a part of the reality of life in the Pacific Northwest. But what we don’t often consider — and what many of us don’t really know — is just ...

From the top of Mammoth Mountain, the view is incredible, but we're focused on the Red Cones, about 2,000 feet below. These cinder cones are the two youngest volcanos in this chain. They last erupted ...

Mountain building, also known as orogenesis, is a geological process that involves the formation and uplift of large, elevated landforms, known as mountains. The term "orogenesis" comes from Greek ...

‘Volcanoes get a bad press,” Clive Oppenheimer writes at the beginning of “Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes.” However “dramatic and traumatic as their outbursts can be, ...