Trees growing near to an active volcano face an uncertain future for several years after an eruption, a study has suggested. A reduced ability to absorb essential nutrients from the soil and lower ...
With its red-hot rivers of lava and clouds of ash, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has captured the world's attention. But how dangerous are such eruptions? Every year about 60 volcanoes erupt.
Sometimes eruptions are explosive and lava is thrown out as volcanic bombs. Hotspots are places where the magma rises up through the crust. They are caused by a static source of magma, often away ...
According to the USGS, the volcano fired out partially molten "lava bombs" from its vents, fragments of lava measuring wider than 2.5 inches that are ejected in explosive eruptions, along with the ...