Volcanoes are often framed as nature’s most violent spectacles, yet some of the largest on Earth ooze lava quietly for years ...

Discover why volcanoes erupt, how magma and gases cause eruptions and why volcanoes are essential for life on Earth.

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles ...

Imagine waking up one morning to news that a massive volcanic eruption has shaken a remote region with absolutely no advance ...

A new study explains why even gas-rich, supposedly explosive volcanoes sometimes erupt quietly instead of blowing apart.

An international team of researchers including a scientist from ETH has shown that friction in magma leads to the formation ...