Olive Mullet reviews the book 'Adventures in Volcanoland' by Tamsin Mather in the latest Up and Down the River column ...

Scientists are warning about a potential eruption of the Axial Seamount, predicting it might occur before the end of 2025.

Shield volcanoes do not have such violent eruptions ... changing temperatures across the land and damaging aeroplanes in flight. Pyroclastic flow. Hot gas, ash and rock mixed together to make ...

National Geographic ’s latest documentary series, Secrets of the Penguins, offers a glimpse into why the Galápagos Islands ...

From pristine rainforests to lunar landscapes, NSW has some of the world's best - and perhaps most underrated - national ...

Since 2021, there have been 11 eruptions south of Reykjavik, though none as serious as the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption ... a phenomenon visible on land at Thingvellir National Park ...

Bend, a city nestled in Oregon’s high desert, is near Newberry Volcano, a large shield volcano last active about 1,300 ... reminding us of a time when eruptions played a key role in shaping the land ...

Volcanoes can be found both on land and in the ocean. They develop when material that ... There are four major types of volcanoes: cinder cones, composite or stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, and ...

There are actually a bunch of massive volcanoes on Mars. The biggest ones – like Olympus Mons – are shield volcanoes. Sometimes we think of volcanoes as super steep, magma-filled mountains.

Various volcanic features can be found on the rocky planets neighboring Earth. Mars contains volcanic plains formed by past eruptions and inactive shield volcanoes that are much more massive than ...