It was the opinion of Darwin, that the volcanic districts of the world had earthy crusts resting on lakes of igneous melted matter. Humboldt believes that the volcanic region of Quito, in South ...

In a study published in Communications Earth & Environment, scientists showed how enormous volcanic eruptions known as Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) could have triggered these temporary oxygen ...

Volcanoes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and volcanoes and featuring case studies from ...

That’s the channel inside a volcano that opens up to the surface. As it cools it becomes a very hard type of igneous rock. This one first formed over 350 million years ago. Then, millions of ...

What if the raw power of lava could be transformed into the building material of the future? That’s the bold idea being toyed with by Arnhildur Pálmadóttir, owner and founder of the firms.ap ...

Authorities evacuated a town and the Blue Lagoon spa in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday as a volcano threatened to erupt for the eighth time.

Volcanic rock is formed when lava or magma cools down and becomes a solid. We call this type of rock igneous rock. Here are three different types of igneous rock from the Museum’s collection.

They are particularly interested in the cyclicity of volcanic eruptions, volcanic degassing processes, volcanic aerosols, and large igneous provinces. Their research group employs methods that range ...

The 19th of September of 2021 the volcanic ridge of Cumbre Vieja, on the island of La Palma started erupting. This eruption lasted until the 13th of December of 2021. Lucía and two other ...