Chang’e-6's retrieval of lunar farside samples reveals crucial insights into the SPA basin's intrusive magmatism, aiding the ...

Some scientists think the answer lies locked within the remnants of long-dormant volcanoes. Massive beds of ancient lava found around the world depict an Earth 65 to 70 million years ago where ...

Mud volcanoes often exhibit calderas, which are large circular depressions at their summit. Detailed mapping around the Caspian Sea suggests that caldera-forming mud volcanoes are dynamically ...

This timing suggests that volcanic CO 2 was the cause of the warming. Those eruptions were the most recent example of a “Large Igneous Province,” a phenomenon that has repeatedly triggered ...

Most volcanism on Earth occurs beneath the oceans, but submarine volcanoes are difficult to study. Advances in seafloor monitoring have opened up an unprecedented view of eruptions on the seabed.

Lunar igneous activities, including intrusive and extrusive magmatism ... However, compared with the well-known mare volcanism surrounding the Chang'e-6 landing site, the intrusive magmatic ...

This process can occur either below the Earth’s surface, forming intrusive or plutonic igneous rocks like granite, or at the ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...

But how dangerous are such eruptions? Every year about 60 volcanoes erupt. Some take us by surprise but others are regular offenders. Kilauea is one of the world's most active - its present ...

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts that are punctuated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. 4 min read There are a few handfuls of major plates and dozens of smaller ...

It was one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions ever recorded. And it was a wake-up call. Locator map showing Tonga islands on globe, as well as location of volcano in relation to other islands.

So I’ll need to stay at a safe distance! Volcanic ash. Clouds of ash can rise miles into the sky and block out light from the Sun, changing temperatures across the land and damaging aeroplanes ...