Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...

The team behind "Jerk," a novel tool that predicted eruptions with 92% accuracy for a French volcano, discusses its work and implications. Reading time 5 minutes Science is a constant work in progress ...

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On the flanks of Washington State Mount Rainier, a spike in seismic rumbling has revived an old, unsettling question for the Pacific Northwest: what happens when the region’s most dangerous volcano ...

An international assessment report has been released to provide definitive statements on the atmospheric impacts from a huge volcanic eruption in 2022. The assessment was unprecedented for a specific ...

Understanding what triggers large volcanic eruptions is crucial for hazard assessment, but the exact mechanism driving these eruptions is still poorly understood. The prevailing theory is that ...

The possibility of forecasting volcanic eruptions remains a major challenge for the volcanological scientific community. To date, various techniques based on volcano-tectonic seismicity, endogenous ...

When the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai in the South Pacific erupted in January 2022, it was not only one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in modern times. The volcano also did ...

A new detection method called “Jerk” could dramatically improve how scientists forecast volcanic eruptions. By using a single broadband seismometer, the system can detect extremely subtle ground ...

For more than 100,000 years, a Greek volcano lay silent. But deep underground, it was still growing. Tiny zircon crystals show magma was quietly brewing between eruptions, researchers report April 22 ...