When this pressure is released, for example as a result of plate movement, magma shoots to the surface causing a volcanic eruption. Above the ground the liquid rock is called lava and as it cools ...

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There, he met a friendly family who invited him into their home, where the impressive rock formation was hidden. Osemwegie told Newsweek: "I went to visit the volcano in Cha das Caldeiras ...

Fertile soils frequently blanket their slopes thanks to the slow breakdown of ancient volcanic rocks, which releases ... Krippner has assembled a handy list of official volcano agency Twitter ...

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Evidence of the flood can still be seen in the form of boulders and smaller rocks that washed down from the upper reaches of the volcano. The researchers also concluded that the eruption consisted ...

"My mother is making sauce in a mortar made with volcanic rock and the flame on the stove turned green," Angelaw1215 wrote. Bryony Richards, a senior petrologist at the University of Utah ...

Veils of steam wreathed the landscape of loose rock in eerie half-light ... Edwards and his fellow researchers drew up a list of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes that lie under glaciers ...

Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2 billion years have left an imprint on volcanic rocks formed in island arcs.

Hewn from red volcanic rock and standing in a deep pit, this centuries-old monument is one of the world's most unique medieval churches. According to The New York Times, Muslim conquests in 13th ...