I played with the Erupting Cross-Section Volcano Model (Learning Resources). This set comes with an 11-inch model volcano. On the outside, the volcano has bright red and yellow colors demonstrating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image of active volcano shows magma pressure inside volcanoes can destabilize slopes and trigger collapse. (CREDIT: YouTube / CC ...

No, Tyra Banks hasn’t been helping Hawaiian Volanoes Observatory install monitoring equipment at Kilauea. We’re talking about using computer models to investigate what is happening inside the volcano.

In spring 2010 Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted beneath an ice cap, mixing hot lava with a flood of meltwater, which blasted a plume of gas and ash over 10 kilometers into the sky. Hundreds ...

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...