Rootless cones are small volcanic landforms ranging from several to several hundred meters in diameter, formed by continuous explosions resulting from the interaction between surface lava and water ...

Lumpy lava that goes by the name of spatter cone. What better excuse for a hike? Spatter Cones Trail — a 1.8-mile loop in Lassen National Forest near Old Station — highlights formations created from ...

New data is challenging what scientists previously knew about one of the youngest geological features on the Red Planet. That feature is Athabasca Valles, a system of valleys carved into volcanic ...

Using syrup and baking soda, research has demonstrated the formation mechanism of rootless cones, small volcanic landforms commonly found on Earth and Mars. The study clarified, through an ...

A small cone has developed on the floor of the crater within fissure 8 on the lower East Rift Zone, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which documented it Tuesday during a drone surveillance ...

The town of Volcano is swaying, back and forth. “It’s been rocking and rolling,” Bobby Camara, a Volcano resident who spent decades working as a ranger at the nearby Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, ...

A land of lava sprawls across the western section of Oregon’s High Desert. Cinder cones dot the landscape, lava flows stretch for miles and standing prominently among it all is a massive ...

Volcanoes are one of Earth’s most powerful and mesmerizing geological features. Simultaneously beautiful and terrifying, they can hibernate for years before rumbling back to life spewing fiery ash ...