The vast majority of lava out there falls into one of three types: mafic, intermediate, and felsic. They're also called basaltic, andesitic, and rhyolitic lavas, respectively. (There are other types, ...

The kind of lava flowing is "kind of like a bulldozer," said Wendy Stovall, a USGS volcanologist. Authorities in Hawaii have occasionally tried to divert flows, both with walls and explosives. Neither ...

Researchers develop a tool for measuring the viscosity of lava that could increase our understanding of molten rock as well as better improve models of its movement, giving authorities crucial ...

It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland came to life. While the eruption was ongoing, large-scale field experiments were conducted to build ...

HONOLULU — Prayer, bombs, walls — over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii’s volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. Now Mauna ...

In many ways, water seems opposite to lava; its role is to support life, not destroy it. Despite their surface-level differences, the two are more similar than we think. The solution to the geophysics ...

20 May 2021. Fjóla Guðrún Sigtryggsdóttir is shown studying the lava field upstream of the dams, with the Fagradalsfjall volcano in the background. It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021 ...