An Iranian volcano is showing signs of activity — more than 700,000 years after its last eruption

A volcano near the Iran-Pakistan border rose multiple inches between 2023 and 2024 — raising alarm that it may be nearing an ...

Experts say no basis to claim 'Apolaki Caldera is an active supervolcano'

Geologists say there is no evidence the Apolaki Caldera -- part of an extinct volcano located in the Philippine Sea -- could ...
Pakistan Today

Volcano in Iran shows signs of eruption after 700,000 years

IRAN: Iran’s Taftan volcano, previously thought to be extinct, has shown signs of activity for the first time in nearly ...
Billings Gazette

WHY DOES HAWAII HAVE SO MANY VOLCANOES?

The Hawaiian Islands are a chain of volcanoes formed over millions of years. They've developed as the Pacific Plate — one of more than a dozen tectonic plates on the earth's outer layer — slowly moves ...
Live Science on MSN

An Iranian volcano appears to have woken up — 700,000 years after its last eruption

A volcano in southern Iran thought to have been extinct for some 710,000 years has stirred.
Newsweek

Life’s Building Blocks May Have Formed in the Cracks of Volcanoes

The flowing of molten rocks through small cracks in the heart of volcanoes may have been a perfect environment to forge the building blocks of life on Earth. These chemicals—called biopolymers—are an ...
Auburn Citizen

Blue Sky Science: How do volcanoes form?

Some volcanoes, such as the Cascade volcanoes up in Washington and Oregon, are of the type called a stratovolcano. These steep volcanoes sometimes erupt explosively and other times have calmer lava ...
New Scientist

There’s a huge radioactive slab of volcanic granite buried on the moon

The far side of the moon is hiding evidence of an enormous ancient volcano. But even though researchers are sure the volcano was there, they remain mystified about how it could have formed. For more ...