Volcano facts and types of volcanoes - Live Science
Feb 25, 2025 · Discover interesting facts about volcanoes, including why and where they form and history's deadliest eruption.
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Dec 26, 2025 · 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 …
Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant …
Feb 5, 2025 · The magma system beneath volcanoes may persist even after recent eruptions, a new study finds.
'Glowing' lava lakes spotted on Africa's most active volcanoes
Apr 22, 2025 · This false-color satellite photo from 2014 shows the immense heat emanating from lava lakes at the summits of a pair of simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo.
Undersea volcano off Oregon coast could erupt this year, geologists ...
Jan 2, 2025 · 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. …
400-mile-long chain of fossilized volcanoes discovered beneath China
Jul 29, 2025 · Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic plates collided during the breakup of Rodinia, around 800 …
6 volcanoes erupt in eastern Russia after 8.8 megaquake | Live Science
Aug 5, 2025 · Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow.
The world's 'hidden' volcanoes pose the greatest risk for global crisis
Dec 26, 2025 · A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes pose the greatest threat.
Supervolcanic 'hell' caldera in Japan is home to 17 different volcanoes ...
Aug 19, 2025 · A 2012 astronaut photo shows the striking beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera, a "supervolcanic" structure home to more than a dozen volcanoes and "hellish" hot springs. It was …
Dormant volcano erupts in Russia for first time in around 500 years ...
Aug 4, 2025 · Krasheninnikov volcano has erupted on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. This is the second volcano to erupt in the region following the magnitude 8.8 megaquake on July 30.