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.
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 …
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 volcanoes in far eastern Russia are now erupting following the 8.8 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks that shook the region last week. Klyuchevskaya erupted first, on …
Antarctica is covered in volcanoes, could they erupt?
Apr 7, 2024 · Of those volcanoes, 91 were first discovered as part of a 2017 study published in the journal Geological Society. So, could any of Antarctica’s volcanoes erupt on the …
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 …
'Glowing' lava lakes spotted on Africa's most active volcanoes
Apr 22, 2025 · This false-color satellite photo from 2014 shows the immense heat emanating from lava lakes at the summits of a pair of simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo.