Lava
Lava is molten rock that has been extruded onto Earth's surface. Before it reaches the surface, lava is called magma. Magma contains crystals, unmelted rock, and dissolved gasses, but it i...
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Visitors to one of the world's most active volcanoes are being kept hundreds of feet away from a 55-acre lava delta that authorities believe may soon collapse into the Pacific Ocean.Eruption-watche...
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Jakarta (dpa) - An erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi island
began spewing hot lava on Friday, a day after shooting ash some 1,500
metres into the air, an official sai...
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A groom for Lava Man, the most successful claiming horse in thoroughbred racing history, remained hospitalized Wednesday after losing his left arm in a traffic accident that authorities say was cau...
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Thanks in part to the Gulf Stream, palm trees survive the winter in southwestern England and the fjords of Norway never freeze. Here's how it works:As the Gulf Stream flows northward, the surface w...
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Several Indonesian volcanos spewed hot ash, molten rock and clouds of dark smoke Monday, and scientists warned a violent eruption could come at any moment.The most threatening was the deadly Mount ...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano spewed smoke and
flaming rocks hundreds of metres from its crater Wednesday although
it was not in danger of erupting, an o...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Indonesian scientists said Wednesday that an
emerging lava dome in the middle of the crater lake of the Mount
Kelud volcano could trigger a powerful eruption...
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