Discover why volcanoes erupt, how magma and gases cause eruptions and why volcanoes are essential for life on Earth.
For decades, volcanologists believed that the primary trigger for explosive eruptions was a drop in pressure as magma rises ...
Hayli Gubbi is a shield volcano located in Ethiopia’s Afar Region, about 800 km from Addis Ababa. It’s the southernmost volcano of the Erta Ale Range, just 15 km southeast of the continuously active ...
Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...