5 fast facts about volcanoes Volcanic ash is made of fragments ... so this gas can escape. The ground may even get hot as magma warms it from below. On some snow-covered volcanoes, scientists ...

Besides an increase in the number of earthquakes, the Alaska Volcano Observatory has also noticed phenomena like the melting of ice and deformation of the ground ... of volcanic ash into the ...

Iceland's glacier covered volcano - Eyjafjallajokull erupted on 15 April 2010, spewing volcanic ash and dust high into the atmosphere. Here are some of the spectacular sunsets and sunrises that ...

Scientists are monitoring California's Long Valley Caldera supervolcano as it shows signs of unrest. Its history, seismic activity, and what experts predict.

Experts have also observed ground ... cities in the volcano’s vicinity, “there’s no kind of local threat,” Fee said. The main two hazards of a volcano eruption would be ash clouds that ...

"It's about a 50/50 chance right now," said Matt Haney, the scientist in charge of the Alaska Volcano ... ash falling across the metropolis. "That might not sound so bad but it's enough to cover ...

A tongue of lava spilling down the side of Mount Etna glows orange on the snow-covered ... volcano, at about 3,350 meters (almost 11,000 feet) tall. In 2023, a cloud of volcanic ash spewing ...

Construction materials made from volcanic ash offer a potential sustainable and lightweight alternative. In 2020, Taal Volcano erupted and covered large areas of Luzon with ash, posing serious ...