Look at that mountain! Imagine you are standing at the base of a volcano looking up. You were told that the volcano isn’t going to erupt anytime soon, but you notice a little bit of smoke (or is that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Scientists have long been studying volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest. They monitor not only their movement but also the sounds they make. And now, one University of Oregon researcher ...

Listen to the sounds of a volcano. Volcanoes make noise. Lava and gas moving around can tell scientists what a volcano is doing. Listen.

The island of Santorini in the Mediterranean has attracted people for millennia. Today, it feels magical to watch the sun set from cliffs over the deep bay, surrounded by cobalt blue churches and ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s special effects department, constantly proving that reality can be more dramatic than Hollywood. Lava flows like glowing rivers, ash clouds turn skies into apocalyptic paintings, ...

Emilie Hooft receives funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The experiment and analysis were supported by National Science Foundation grant number OCE-1459794 to the University of Oregon ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory keeps its eyes on active volcanoes in many ways. While old fashioned eyes and a notebook are used when field teams are near a volcano, modern volcano ...

Hawaii is an archipelago of volcanic islands, meaning that eruptions can sometimes happen. In particular, Kīlauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the state, whose last massive eruption, back in ...