"But one thing we know is they seem to end up accumulating underneath hotspot volcanoes. They seem like they may be the root of whole mantle plumes giving rise to hotspot volcanoes." These plumes ...

A remotely controlled research vessel has gathered some of the first comprehensive measurements from within the massive crater left by the Hunga volcano (formerly known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha ...

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VOLCANO, Hawaii (Island News) -- Kilauea briefly erupted Sunday night in a remote area west of Napau Crater, in the East Rift Zone of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, officials said. The lava ...

A healthy dose of purposeful bathroom humor sets the stage for exploration in engineer and illustrator Jorge Cham’s new graphic novel Volcanoes Are Hot: Oliver’s Great Big Universe #2.

Sometimes eruptions are explosive and lava is thrown out as volcanic bombs. Hotspots are places where the magma rises up through the crust. They are caused by a static source of magma, often away ...

Some volcanoes, like Mauna Loa in Hawaii are caused by hot spots in the Earth’s crust. These do not erupt violently and lava usually flows slowly out of them.

"One thing we know is they seem to end up accumulating underneath hotspot volcanoes. They seem like they may be the root of whole mantle plumes giving rise to hotspot volcanoes," Thorne said.

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