Supervolcanoes are like the supervillains of the geologic world, as stories of their looming threat grow ever more exaggerated. Though massive eruptions do pose real dangers, misconceptions about them ...

Over 3,000 years ago, the eruption of Santorini’s volcano ended an ancient civilization. Scientists may know what the next big explosion could look like. A man looks out across the Santorini caldera ...

Photo by Brett Dunlap Jim Ward and Pat Thrash-Ward, of Williamstown, look over the remains of the Stiles Mansion on Sunday during a tour that highlighted the oil and gas history as well as the ...

Mike Adamick is a stay-at-home dad who writes for the Adventures in Learning science blog at PBS.org, the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED Radio, Disney's parenting website, Babble, and the Daddy Issues ...

Earth has four main layers. Earth’s innermost layer is a solid core made from iron. It’s outer core is a molten mixture of iron and nickel. These layers are surrounded by Earth’s mantle, the mushy ...

The United States leads the globe with 165 Holocene volcanoes, followed by Japan and Russia. These nations, situated along tectonic plate boundaries, host numerous active volcanic sites. Ongoing ...

Countries with the Most Volcanoes: Volcanoes are powerful openings in the Earth’s crust where hot lava, ash, and gases escape from below the surface. Some countries have more volcanoes because they ...

Several hours from the Big Island resorts and a few miles from one of the world's most active volcanoes, Volcano Golf Course ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: On December 27, 1935, the U.S. Air Force attacked a most fiery enemy ever: a Hawaiian volcano. Technically, it wasn’t the air force in 1935, but the U.S. Army Air Corps.

The island of Hawaii was created by five volcanoes. In 2018, one of them seemed intent on destroying parts of it. Kilauea, which has been erupting continually since 1983 at a volcanic cone called Puu ...