Tagged: Volcanoes

A mud volcano is what caused the explosion near an oil field in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan on Sunday (July 4, 2021). That’s according to a report by an Azerbaijani press agency. It happened on Dashly Island, also known as Ignatiy Stone Island, a...

Researchers dig deep into the theory that carbon dioxide from volcanic eruptions in India helped kill off the dinosaurs. If you asked Joe Blow on the street how the dinosaurs went extinct, he’d mostly likely say an asteroid wiped them out, but the truth is...

Violent and destructive, active volcanoes ought to be feared and avoided. Yet, these geological cauldrons expose the pulse of many planets and moons, offering clues to how these bodies evolved from chemical soups to the complex systems of gases and rocks we see today. Unearthing...

Until now, researchers have found no evidence of global tectonic activity on planets outside our solar system. Under the leadership of the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research NCCR PlanetS, scientists have now found that the material inside planet LHS...

PASADENA, Calif. –Volcanic activity on Venus took place in the recent past, geologically speaking, and may still be happening on the planet today. New research takes a deeper look at one recent eruption on Venus’ surface. The Idunn Mons volcano in the southwestern hemisphere of...