Good news! Scientists say the next time the supervolcano in Yellowstone erupts, it won't be a humanity-ended explosion.

In a field test of their instrument, University at Buffalo researchers gathered viscosity data from lava flows at the Litli-Hrútur eruption in Iceland. WASHINGTON, June 4, 2024 – Millions of ...

Stephan Kolzenburg studies where and how far lava will flow if a volcano erupts.

But the stand of trees is hiding a rhyolite lava flow, a thick type of lava that tends to form short, chunky flows throughout the Yellowstone Caldera. The new thermal feature stems from the base ...

The ‘A‘ā type of lava can move faster than pāhoehoe, laying down a bed of cinders and then flowing atop them. Listening to that kind of flow sounds a lot like Styrofoam being crumpled.

New data for rhyolite lava flows in Yellowstone caldera suggest the eruptions occurred in tight clusters. These results change the way geologists think about lava flow and volcanic hazards.

You wouldn’t know it from the road. But the stand of trees is hiding a rhyolite lava flow, a thick type of lava that tends to form short, chunky flows throughout the Yellowstone Caldera. The new ...

Lava inched slightly closer to the Daniel K. Inouye Highway on Wednesday after the main Mauna Loa flow slowed to less than 20 feet per hour. Hawaii County Civil Defense reported Tuesday that the ...

Firefighters are battling a 17-acre blaze near Firth on the 300 block of East River Road at the edge of the Hell’s Half Acre ...

This type of lava will flow faster, meaning it could more quickly cut off evacuation routes and take over neighborhoods with less warning.

Lava began to spill out early on Sunday as a new fissure burst open right next to the town of Grindavík, which had been evacuated on Saturday.

A 40-acre wildfire, named the Buckum Fire, is currently burning between Blackfoot and Shelley. The fire was first reported ...