At the moment, Kilauea is shooting large amounts of volcanic rock and lava into the sky, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reporting that the spray reached 300 meters (1,000 feet) into ...

Steven Lundblad, a geology professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, explained why the lava fountains have been going ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spewed lava fountains exceeding 1,000 feet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A volcano in the Pacific Northwest is showing signs of activity with an eruption imminent. The Axial Seamount is a mile-wide ...

Researchers are watching the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest and now say that the volcano is swelling up like a balloon full of lava.

The Mount St. Helens eruption anniversary prompts investigation into the California earthquakes: eruption history, threat levels.

Shield Volcanoes are large, broad volcanoes with gentle slopes. They are formed by lava that flows easily and spreads out over a wide area, creating a shield-like shape. Supervolcanoes and their ...

Nyamuragira is a dome-shaped shield volcano that stands up ... the more dangerous of the pair. When lava flows spill down the volcano's steep slopes, they can reach high speeds, giving locals ...

Nyamuragira is a dome-shaped shield volcano that stands up to 10,033 feet (3,058 meters) tall, while Nyiragongo is a stratovolcano, with a steep cone that towers up to 11,385 feet (3,470 m) above ...

One tool that scientists at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory use to ... it entered a multi-year phase of lava flows building a shield and traveling downslope towards the ocean.

But as a shield volcano, Kilauea doesn’t have explosive, Mt. St. Helens-type eruptions. Instead, it emits a steady stream of fluid lava that generally flows gently down the side of the mountain ...

Lava domes commonly are found inside the craters or on the flanks of large composite volcanoes. Example: Mont Pelée. – Shield volcanoes: Form when lava cools to form a gently sloping dome.