Nature rarely does straight lines. If you look at a forest, a rock, or a coastline, you see all sorts of shapes and chaos. But visit the coast of Northern Ireland or the high deserts of Oregon, and ...

Researchers develop a tool for measuring the viscosity of lava that could increase our understanding of molten rock as well as better improve models of its movement, giving authorities crucial ...

Fountains of lava erupted from the Sundhnúkur volcanic system in southwest Iceland on Jan. 14, 2024. As the world watched on webcams and social media, lava flows cut off roads and bubbled from a new ...

The kind of lava flowing is "kind of like a bulldozer," said Wendy Stovall, a USGS volcanologist. Authorities in Hawaii have occasionally tried to divert flows, both with walls and explosives. Neither ...

It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland came to life. While the eruption was ongoing, large-scale field experiments were conducted to build ...

Molten lava continued to flow from the crater during an effusive eruption at Mayon Volcano, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Effusive eruption is a type of ...

Video above: U.S. Coast Guard video of Mauna Loa eruptionAs the world's largest active volcano spews molten rock in Hawaii, the lava flow is inching closer to a major highway that serves as the ...

20 May 2021. Fjóla Guðrún Sigtryggsdóttir is shown studying the lava field upstream of the dams, with the Fagradalsfjall volcano in the background. It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slowly, slowly, the lava oozing from Mauna Loa is headed toward one of the main roads on the island of Hawaii, and with it comes ...