UC Berkeley researchers discovered previously unknown zones of slow seismic waves, which may help determine the process of the formation of hotspot volcanoes. Taking seismic wave data from multiple ...

Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...

This MCC image, taken on September 03, 2015 at an altitude of 6144 km with a resolution of 320 m, shows an intermediate sized shield volcano known as Tharsis Tholus. It is located in the eastern ...

The history of an underwater volcano in Hawaii has been revealed by researchers in a new study. For the first time, scientists at the University of Hawaii (UH) have estimated how many eruptions have ...

This Is the Way the World Ends? Volcanoes Could Darken World June 6, 2012 — -- Are you worried about the end of life as we know it? Then don't just look to the sky for that catastrophic asteroid ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — When scientist say ‘newly forming’, it means relative to the age of other volcanoes in the region. The Kamaʻehuakanaloa — formerly known as Lōʻihi Seamount, which was renamed in ...