THERE are around 1,500 volcanoes on land which have been active in the last 10,000 years spewing ash into the atmosphere periodically. As about 50 to 60 volcanic eruptions happen each month we've ...

Editor’s note: The KOIN 6 Weather team is presenting weather and science lessons to help serve our teachers and students. Click here for more lessons. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The mighty mountains of ...

I’m going to make you a bet. I reckon within the next week, a story about a volcano somewhere in the world will make headlines that, at the very least, imply an eruption is around the corner. There ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough by using volcanic tremors to map the magma beneath Tanzania's Ol Doinyo ...

You might not know it, but Ireland is dotted with extinct volcanoes that have shaped the island we know and love today ...

Named for the volcanoes in Hawaii, these are the least explosive type of eruptions. Very fluid lava is erupted, usually in the form of lava flows and lava fountains. These are named after the ...

It comes as no shock that a potentially new type of volcanic lightning had long eluded scientists: The bolts can be as short as about 3 feet (1 meter) long and last just a few milliseconds. But ...