Just when things couldn't get any crazier in the US, scientists have discovered that the underside of the Earth's crust is ...

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Lava penetrates protective barriers near Grindavik, a fishing town on a southwestern peninsula also evacuated last year.

A volcano erupted to the south of Iceland's capital on Tuesday, spewing lava and smoke in a fiery display of orange and red ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says that if the snowcapped volcano erupts, the impacts could include damage to aircraft from ash.

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

Residents of the mostly abandoned fishing village refused to leave even as molten rock approached their homes.

As more lava welled up it buckled the cooled lava crust on top into pressure ridges. Then in 5677 BC, the Mount Mazama eruption that created Crater Lake dumped a foot of volcanic ash here, filling the ...

The researchers found that most of the newly analyzed lava lakes are hottest at their perimeters. This suggests that these lakes are largely capped by a cooler crust of solidified lava.