Volcanoes as a research area encompasses the multidisciplinary scientific study of magmatic systems, eruption dynamics, and associated surface and atmospheric processes. It integrates petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, and fluid dynamics to characterize magma generation, ascent, storage, and degassing, as well as the mechanical behavior of volcanic edifices. Research addresses eruption forecasting through monitoring of seismicity, ground deformation, gas emissions, and thermal anomalies, and develops quantitative models of eruption columns, pyroclastic flows, lava emplacement, and lahar generation. The field also investigates volcanic contributions to crustal evolution, volatile cycling, and climate forcing, and underpins probabilistic hazard assessment and risk mitigation methodologies.
Venus is often called Earth's "sister planet" because of their similarities in size, mass, and composition. Both are rocky worlds that formed about the same time in the inner solar system; however, despite these similarities, ...
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A collaborative research team led by University of Tasmania scientists has returned from a major 54-day voyage on CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator to explore the impacts of the devastating 2022 eruption of Tonga's ...
Earth Sciences
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Researchers have built on past studies and introduced new methods to explore the nature and role of subsurface fluids, including water, in the instances and behaviors of earthquakes and volcanoes. Their study suggests that ...
Earth Sciences
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How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution.
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Different parts of Mars have different advantages and disadvantages when it comes to their available resources, just like Earth. The polar caps are likely the most valuable in terms of their water content, which will be critical ...
Space Exploration
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Scientists are using artificial intelligence to understand escalating unrest in Italy's Campi Flegrei, a volcanic area that is home to hundreds of thousands of people.
Earth Sciences
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater about once a week since late last year, delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a firehose of molten rock.
Environment
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Mount Fuji hasn't erupted since 1707. But for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, Japanese officials have released computer- and AI-generated videos showing a simulation of a potential violent eruption of the active volcano.
Environment
Aug 29, 2025
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Volcanic eruptions can have dramatic consequences. But how can we anticipate this phenomenon, which unfolds up to tens of kilometers beneath the surface?
Earth Sciences
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor.
Environment
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