A convergence of volcanic eruptions, seismic clustering research, and overdue fault lines has scientists paying closer attention to the Pacific Ring of Fire than at any point in recent memory. The ...

For most of deep time, spreading ridges released more carbon than volcano chains, changing how we interpret Earth’s climate history.

A volcano that has been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years could be gearing up for a massive explosion, according to new research. Scientists have measured signs of unrest at the Taftan ...

The Ring of Fire is an enormous belt of active and dormant volcanoes that surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean. It runs from southern Chile, up the west coast of the Americas, through the islands off ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For people living near volcanoes, danger goes well beyond lava flows and clouds of ash. Some explosive eruptions can lead to dramatic collapses of the sides of a volcano, like ...