In a field test of their instrument, University at Buffalo researchers gathered viscosity data from lava flows at the Litli-Hrútur eruption in Iceland. WASHINGTON, June 4, 2024 – Millions of people ...

The kind of lava flowing is "kind of like a bulldozer," said Wendy Stovall, a USGS volcanologist. Authorities in Hawaii have occasionally tried to divert flows, both with walls and explosives. Neither ...

Lava inched slightly closer to the Daniel K. Inouye Highway on Wednesday after the main Mauna Loa flow slowed to less than 20 feet per hour. Hawaii County Civil Defense reported Tuesday that the lava ...

The relentless eruption of the world's largest active volcano has prompted Hawaii's National Guard to step in as residents and tourists flock to see it. For 10 days, Mauna Loa has been shooting jets ...

It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland came to life. While the eruption was ongoing, large-scale field experiments were conducted to build ...

PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Whether spewing from the ground in red plumes or crawling in a fiery blob across neighborhoods, lava from the Kilauea volcano has produced the most arresting images of the recent ...

On Jupiter’s moon Io, lava creeping beneath frost may give rise to fields of towering dunes. That finding, described April 19 in Nature Communications, suggests that dunes may be more common on other ...

Volcano tourists in Hawaii and beyond are taking dangerous risks to get close-up views. Here's what to know before you go lava chasing. On June 11, the 1,000-plus-foot lava blasts of Kīlauea, one of ...

On an August day in 2024, a Yellowstone National Park ranger driving south between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Geyser Basin noticed a plume of steam. Was it really steam, the ranger wondered, or ...

20 May 2021. Fjóla Guðrún Sigtryggsdóttir is shown studying the lava field upstream of the dams, with the Fagradalsfjall volcano in the background. It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021 ...