This week's contribution is from Ninfa Bennington, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. How can lightning and solar storms be used to map magma beneath ...

The Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) in Iceland is one of the first to attempt to drill into a magma chamber. This endeavour is planned for 2027 and would establish an underground magma chamber of about 2.1 ...

A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition of magma could ...

Axial Seamount last erupted in 2015, and after a period of dormancy, the volcano began to inflate with magma again in early 2024. Chadwick led an expedition to the site last June to deploy ...

A detailed look at Yellowstone's magma storage system finds that only one region is likely to host liquid magma in the long term. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A phreatomagmatic eruption is driven by the direct interaction between magma and surface or groundwater. As opposed to phreatic eruptions, which are steam-driven and do not spew magmatic material ...