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Scientists Capture Ocean Floor Splitting and Lava Eruption in Real Time

This shows mid-ocean spreading occurs in rapid, partly silent bursts that release decades of motion, which dense seafloor observatories can measure.

Small Hydrothermal Explosion at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin Creates New Boiling Pool

Superheating in Mafic Magma Can Shift Eruptions From Flows to Fountains

Sahara Meteorite Points to Moon‑Size Lost Protoplanet

Kīlauea Erupts in Episode 48, Sending 650‑Foot Lava Fountains and Ash Downwind

Kilauea Breaks Single‑Eruption Lava‑Fountain Record With 48th Episode

Japan to Rank Active Volcanoes by Eruption Risk

Geyser-Like Eruption Creates 4-Meter Crater in Michoacán Home Patio

Mount St. Helens, 46 Years Later, Is Quiet Under Watch

Tonga Eruption’s Plume Rapidly Destroyed Methane, Satellite Study Finds

Satellite Study Finds Tonga Eruption Triggered Days of Methane Breakdown

Kīlauea’s Nine-Hour Summit Episode Ends With Alert Levels Lowered

Mayon Volcano Showers Ash as Alert Level 3 Prompts Evacuations and Flight Warnings

Methana Study Finds Long‑Quiet Volcanoes May Not Be Extinct

Study Finds Long-Quiet Greek Volcano Has Been Building Magma Underground

Mars Orbiter Finds Dark Volcanic Ash Spreading Across Utopia Planitia

Vast Magma Reservoir Mapped Beneath Tuscany, On the Scale of Supervolcanoes

Sakurajima Eruption Grounds Flights as Japan Keeps Level 3 Alert

Kīlauea Erupts for 44th Time With Towering Lava Fountains, Prompting Closures

Seismic Imaging Finds Kikai Caldera’s Magma Reservoir Is Refilling