It’s a simple and popular science class experiment: a volcano made with baking soda and vinegar erupts, spewing foam onto the table. In Germany’s Eifel region, viewing the power of volcanic forces ...

Humboldt ERFSA, the Emeritus and Retired Faculty and Staff Association will welcome Brandon Browne, professor in the Cal Poly Humboldt Department of Geology, on April. 9 from noon to 1 p.m. at the ...

Geoscientists have long thought that water -- along with shallow magma stored in Earth's crust -- drives volcanoes to erupt. Now, thanks to newly developed research tools, scientists have learned that ...

Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...

Four decades on, the gap between well-monitored volcanoes and unmonitored ones still shapes who lives and dies. The new ...