Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image of active volcano shows magma pressure inside volcanoes can destabilize slopes and trigger collapse. (CREDIT: YouTube / CC ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nyiragongo, an active African volcano, possesses lava unlike any other in the world, which may point toward its source being a new mantle plume says a University of Rochester ...

Dr. Ben Andrews is a geologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History who studies volcanoes to get a better understanding of how eruptions happen. During this webcast, which aired on ...

A dormant 18th-century mechanical model of Mount Vesuvius has been brought back to life by engineering students at the University of Melbourne. This intricate device, originally designed as a moving ...

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...