Volcanic eruptions are dangerous and difficult to predict. A team has found that the ratio of atoms in specific gases released from volcanic fumaroles (gaps in the Earth's surface) can provide an ...

Basaltic fissure eruptions, the most common type of eruption on Earth, are fed by dykes, which are magma-filled cracks that propagate through the crust. It is well-established that dykes have a ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Within the deposits of extinct volcanoes around the world, a mysterious magma may be Earth’s new source for rare metals. This iron-rich magma could be full of the metals that help power some of the ...

Volcanos are releasing ash and smoke into the atmosphere on three continents. That might be making you think back to your elementary school science class when you probably studied volcanoes and lava.

The widespread occurrence of ferroan anorthosites and other magmatic rock types in Apollo lunar samples directly contributed to the construction and development of modern planetary formation models.