At places where two tectonic plates are pulling away from each other, magma — hot, molten rock — can rise from the mantle to the surface, forming volcanoes. Volcanoes can also form where ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by volcanoes that erupt far from the edges of tectonic plates—known as intraplate volcanoes ...

This volcanic arc delineates the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. A subduction zone, composed of the deep Aleutian Trench coupled with a landward line of volcanoes ...

Scientists have worked for years to build systems to monitor volcanoes and earthquakes on the West Coast, but DOGE cuts may ...

Several international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

An eruption of Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano spewed ash clouds more than 8 kilometres (5 miles) high, authorities ...

Here we explain how and why the crisis developed. Iceland is a country of fire and ice, home to several volcanoes and straddling two tectonic plates. The Eyjafjallajokull volcano began erupting in ...

PVMBGIndonesian authorities have raised the alert status to the highest level after the eruption of Lewotobi Laki-laki ...

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted raising alert status to the highest level. The eruption lasted 11 minutes ...