For decades, volcanologists believed that the primary trigger for explosive eruptions was a drop in pressure as magma rises ...
The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was ...
Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles ...
Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of ...
It has long been observed that some volcanoes erupt with little prior warning. Now, scientists have come up with an explanation behind these sudden eruptions that could change the way observers ...
LONDON — The young moon may have been a magma "mush" for hundreds of millions of years before it solidified, a scientist says. The idea, presented at a recent Royal Society conference focusing on the ...