Volcano facts and types of volcanoes - Live Science
5 Jan 2025 at 12:54pm
A volcano is an opening in Earth's crust where magma breaks through, and when erupting can rain down molten rock, ash and gases. There are several types of volcanoes.
Volcanoes - News and Scientific Articles on Live Science | Live Science
5 Jan 2025 at 6:35am
There are different types of volcanoes, including stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes and cinder cones, and different types of lava and other volcanic flows. Volcanoes can be active, dormant or extinct.
Antarctica is covered in volcanoes, could they erupt?
6 Jan 2025 at 4:28pm
A view of Mount Erebus from the Ross Sea in Antarctica. (Image credit: Alamy) Deception Island, on the other hand, is the caldera of an active volcano, which last erupted in 1970, according to the ...
Where are most of Earth's volcanoes? - Live Science
5 Jan 2025 at 11:17pm
"About 80% of the Earth's magma output comes from volcanoes along these ridges, which are typically 3 to 4 km [1.8 to 2.5 miles] below the ocean surface," he added. "Some of the ridge system ...
Philippines volcanic eruption: Kanlaon volcano 'may progress to further ...
9 Dec 2024 at 12:36pm
The Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupted today (Dec. 9) at 3:03 p.m. local time, spouting an eruption column of up to 1.86 miles (3 kilometers) into the sky and triggering the evacuation of ...
50 Amazing Volcano Facts - Live Science
5 Jan 2025 at 1:20am
The Hawaiian shield volcanoes are the largest mountains on Earth. The total height of Mauna Kea, below and above sea level, is 33,500 feet (10,210 meters), making it taller than even Mount Everest.
Undersea volcano off Oregon coast could erupt this year, geologists ...
2 Jan 2025 at 9:55pm
An undersea volcano off Oregon's coast will probably erupt in 2025, scientists say. The volcano, known as Axial, is a seamount 300 miles (480 kilometers) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The Axial ...
5 Colossal Cones: Biggest Volcanoes on Earth - Live Science
5 Jan 2025 at 6:06am
In 2005, Sierra Negra, one of the biggest volcanoes in the Galapagos, blasted out a column of ash 25,000 feet (7.5 km) high. As with Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, Sierra Negra is one of several ...
How Volcanoes Work - Live Science
4 Jan 2025 at 1:00am
Volcanoes in history AD 79 : One of the most famous volcanoes is Mount Vesuvius , which sits along the Bay of Naples in southern Italy. It has erupted more than 50 times in the past 2,000 years.
Europe's most dangerous 'supervolcano' could be creeping toward ...
6 Jan 2025 at 11:30pm
Supervolcanoes are volcanoes that can produce eruptions of the highest magnitude ? an 8 on the Volcano Explosivity Index ? expelling more than 240 cubic miles (1,000 cubic kilometers) of ...
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5 Jan 2025 at 12:54pm
A volcano is an opening in Earth's crust where magma breaks through, and when erupting can rain down molten rock, ash and gases. There are several types of volcanoes.
Volcanoes - News and Scientific Articles on Live Science | Live Science
5 Jan 2025 at 6:35am
There are different types of volcanoes, including stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes and cinder cones, and different types of lava and other volcanic flows. Volcanoes can be active, dormant or extinct.
Antarctica is covered in volcanoes, could they erupt?
6 Jan 2025 at 4:28pm
A view of Mount Erebus from the Ross Sea in Antarctica. (Image credit: Alamy) Deception Island, on the other hand, is the caldera of an active volcano, which last erupted in 1970, according to the ...
Where are most of Earth's volcanoes? - Live Science
5 Jan 2025 at 11:17pm
"About 80% of the Earth's magma output comes from volcanoes along these ridges, which are typically 3 to 4 km [1.8 to 2.5 miles] below the ocean surface," he added. "Some of the ridge system ...
Philippines volcanic eruption: Kanlaon volcano 'may progress to further ...
9 Dec 2024 at 12:36pm
The Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupted today (Dec. 9) at 3:03 p.m. local time, spouting an eruption column of up to 1.86 miles (3 kilometers) into the sky and triggering the evacuation of ...
50 Amazing Volcano Facts - Live Science
5 Jan 2025 at 1:20am
The Hawaiian shield volcanoes are the largest mountains on Earth. The total height of Mauna Kea, below and above sea level, is 33,500 feet (10,210 meters), making it taller than even Mount Everest.
Undersea volcano off Oregon coast could erupt this year, geologists ...
2 Jan 2025 at 9:55pm
An undersea volcano off Oregon's coast will probably erupt in 2025, scientists say. The volcano, known as Axial, is a seamount 300 miles (480 kilometers) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The Axial ...
5 Colossal Cones: Biggest Volcanoes on Earth - Live Science
5 Jan 2025 at 6:06am
In 2005, Sierra Negra, one of the biggest volcanoes in the Galapagos, blasted out a column of ash 25,000 feet (7.5 km) high. As with Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, Sierra Negra is one of several ...
How Volcanoes Work - Live Science
4 Jan 2025 at 1:00am
Volcanoes in history AD 79 : One of the most famous volcanoes is Mount Vesuvius , which sits along the Bay of Naples in southern Italy. It has erupted more than 50 times in the past 2,000 years.
Europe's most dangerous 'supervolcano' could be creeping toward ...
6 Jan 2025 at 11:30pm
Supervolcanoes are volcanoes that can produce eruptions of the highest magnitude ? an 8 on the Volcano Explosivity Index ? expelling more than 240 cubic miles (1,000 cubic kilometers) of ...
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
