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Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...
How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma ...
Researchers at Mainz University identified volcanic tremors caused by the movement of magma. What really happens inside a ...
Mount Kilauea, a volcano that has been active in recent years, erupted again on Hawaii's Big Island, according to the U.S.
Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...
More than 1,000 active volcanoes around our planet can sputter glowing lava and smoky ash, and the world's biggest one has erupted in Hawaii after 38 years dormant. The largest active volcano in the ...
When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also ...
It comes as no shock that a potentially new type of volcanic lightning had long eluded scientists: The bolts can be as short as about 3 feet (1 meter) long and last just a few milliseconds. But ...