Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Mount Etna in Italy is one of the most well-studied volcanoes in the world. It has been erupting for thousands of years, and ...

Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the majority of their time not erupting. To accurately forecast volcanic activity ...

Over the last year and a half, the historic episodic eruption at the summit of Kilauea has had 49 episodes of lava ...

Europe’s tallest active volcano, Mount Etna, may belong to an obscure group of volcanoes shaped by magma in an unusual way.

Instead of forming a towering peak, the Campi Flegrei volcano is a giant 13 kilometer wide crater known as a caldera.

Have you ever wanted to stare directly into a volcano? Well, the U.S. Geological Survey just made it possible with a new ...

LMU volcanologists decipher the behavior of magma beneath an active volcano and reveal how it reacts to drilling. Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world ...