Perfectly aligned with the solar and lunar cycles, this ancient monument would have been used as a gathering place for worship and social occasions ... prompting the establishment of Japan’s largest ...

The land around a strange volcano in Tanzania is bulging ... Ol Doinyo Lengai, which in the Maasai language translates to "mountain of God," spurts mainly lava flows that turn bone white when ...

It is the only volcano in the world that expels carbonatite lava, which is extremely thin and saturated with alkali elements such as calcium and sodium. Ol Doinyo Lengai, which in the Maasai language ...

Japan is stepping up its volcano research that trails far behind its advanced studies on earthquakes despite being home to 111 active volcanoes, about 10 percent of the global total.

June 13, 2024 — Video footage of Iceland's 2010 Eyjafjallaj kull eruption is providing researchers with rare, up-close observations of volcanic ash clouds -- ... Earth Scientists Describe a New ...

The central government has increased personnel and strengthened monitoring but is still struggling to predict eruptions among the 111 active volcanoes in Japan and alert people in the danger zones.

A healthy dose of purposeful bathroom humor sets the stage for exploration in engineer and illustrator Jorge Cham’s new graphic novel Volcanoes Are Hot: Oliver’s Great Big Universe #2.