Volcanoes are Earth’s special effects department, constantly proving that reality can be more dramatic than Hollywood. Lava flows like glowing rivers, ash clouds turn skies into apocalyptic paintings, ...

Lava is molten rock from a volcano that reaches the Earth’s surface. Liquid rock below the Earth’s surface is referred to as magma. More than 50% of the world’s active volcanoes above sea level ...

Indonesia was struck by massive earthquake and volcanic eruption this past week. The citizens took it in stride. They're used to such events. But there are a few facts about volcanoes that even ...

Volcanoes simultaneously erupting across the globe grabbed headlines this week, with eruptions recorded in Italy, Iceland, Japan, Mexico and Russia. The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism ...

As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ice sheets have suppressed eruptions for thousands of years, building up ...

An Oct. 13 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows conservative media personality Stu Burguiere talking about climate change with Joe Bastardi, a meteorologist and skeptic of CO2-driven ...