As the magma rises, bubbles of gas form inside it. Runny magma erupts through openings or vents in the earth's crust before flowing onto its surface as lava. If magma is thick, gas bubbles cannot ...

New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake ...

A massive earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could trigger a devastating mega-tsunami, threatening Alaska, Hawaii, ...

With a rumbling wave up to a third of a mile high, thundering across the ocean at hundreds of miles per hour, the sheer ...

A mama moose gave birth to her calf on the grounds of Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage on May 15. Hospital staff ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Indonesia's tourist island of Flores is erupting again, drawing warnings from the government and ...

A volcano in the Pacific Northwest is showing signs of activity with an eruption imminent. The Axial Seamount is a mile-wide ...

Oxford researchers found that changes in shear-wave splitting can predict volcanic eruptions and their severity. The signal ...