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 ...

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 ...

Is there anything more spectacular than a towering lava fountain? Think about what it is: glowing red molten rock being shot into the sky, potentially hundreds or thousands of feet. As ubiquitous and ...

Halema‘uma‘u has been progressively filled by six eruptions at the summit of Kilauea since 2020, and it continues to accumulate new lava with each successive fountaining episode of the ongoing ...

Yet another volcanic eruption has begun on the Icelandic Reykjanes peninsula, marking the sixth eruption since December last year. The latest eruption began at around 9:30 p.m. local time on Thursday, ...

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In a field test of their instrument, University at Buffalo researchers gathered viscosity data from lava flows at the Litli-Hrútur eruption in Iceland. WASHINGTON, June 4, 2024 – Millions of people ...