If there's one thing you, and Gollum, should know about volcanoes, it's that "lava=hot". That, and it's not a great idea to attempt to plug them up with concrete. But some volcanos are hotter than ...

This striking satellite photo shows red-hot lava winding into the sea during a volcanic eruption on La Palma in the Canary Islands. The "river of fire" completely wiped out a small town and unleashed ...

The USGS has released dramatic footage as the Kilauea volcano erupts, forming rare 12 metre dome-shaped lava fountains.

To reach proposed climate goals, we now need to look beyond the simple acts and focus instead on the bigger culprit industries, especially the building and construction sectors, which account for ...

The NASA Earth Observatory has unveiled a new image of the Sáttítla Highlands in Northern California, showcasing the region's volcanic history and its impressive ancient lava flows. Captured on ...

Is it possible to stop a lava flow? As AccuWeather points out, many have tried in the past. The U.S. Air Force tried to bomb the lava tubes at Mauna Loa in 1935. Iceland tried to cool a lava flow with ...

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