Volcanoes are a powerful force of nature. There are about 1500 active volcanoes on our planet right now. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows lava and other volcanic matter to ...

Some scientists think we can better understand volcanoes by learning how the gaseous vortexes emerge. By Carolyn Wilke Some volcanoes perform a rather subtle trick: blowing rings of vapor that waft ...

Volcanoes are famous for their explosive energy and the hot lava that bubbles and oozes out. They can be extremely destructive but are also beautiful forces of nature. In one country, Iceland, there ...