The volcanoes in the Canary Islands are cinder cones. Shield volcanoes, like Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, form when lava bubbles up and flows out around a vent, eventually forming a gentle dome.

For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath ...

As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ...

Melting glaciers may be setting off volcanoes worldwide, triggering eruptions and possibly accelerating climate change.

Chilean volcano study shows melting glaciers remove pressure that suppressed eruptions for thousands of years.

Hundreds of dormant volcanoes across the globe—particularly in Antarctica—could become more active thanks to climate change.

Residents wore masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that blanketed roads and green rice fields in villages in ...

Why Mount Fuji Endures As a Powerful Force in Japan Not even crowds and the threat of an eruption can dampen the eternally mysterious volcano ...