
Volcano facts and types of volcanoes - Live Science
Feb 25, 2025 · Discover interesting facts about volcanoes, including why and where they form and history's deadliest eruption.
Volcanoes - News and Scientific Articles on Live Science | Live …
Dec 10, 2025 · There are different types of volcanoes, including stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes and cinder cones, and different types of lava and other volcanic flows. Volcanoes can be …
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire? - Live Science
Jul 28, 2025 · The Pacific Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes known for explosive eruptions and intense earthquakes.
What's the difference between an active, dormant and extinct …
Dec 30, 2024 · To be considered active, a volcano must have erupted at some point during the Holocene, but dormant and extinct are a little harder to define.
Dormant volcano erupts in Russia for first time in around 500 years ...
Aug 4, 2025 · Krasheninnikov volcano has erupted on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. This is the second volcano to erupt in the region following the magnitude 8.8 megaquake on July 30.
6 volcanoes erupt in eastern Russia after 8.8 megaquake | Live …
Aug 5, 2025 · Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow.
Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant …
Feb 5, 2025 · Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new research finds. The findings have implications …
How Volcanoes Work - Live Science
Nov 1, 2004 · The volcanoes that tower above the surrounding mountains from California to Washington state are caused by subduction zones. This same process builds mountains and …
Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe ...
Jul 7, 2025 · Melting glaciers could make volcanic eruptions more explosive and frequent, worsening climate change in the process, scientists have warned. Hundreds of volcanoes in …
Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano may unleash devastating eruptions …
Mar 2, 2025 · A new look at an ancient eruption at Campi Flegrei raises new questions about the propensity of the still-active volcano, located near Naples, to produce major eruptions in the …