UB researcher Stephan Kolzenburg is having a busy summer studying volcanoes around the world to deepen scientists’ understanding of lava flow. “When Nyiragongo erupted in 2021,” Kolzenburg says, “more ...

Can you clean up a lava flow after it cools? It's technically possible but difficult, according to AccuWeather. It can take months or even years for lava flows to completely harden, and they're ...

Cameras from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) on Thursday (October 16) captured Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupting ...

Vigorous eruption of lava continues from the lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) fissure system in the area of Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens. Overnight, Fissure 8 continued to produce persistent ...

In a field test of their instrument, University at Buffalo researchers gathered viscosity data from lava flows at the Litli-Hrútur eruption in Iceland. WASHINGTON, June 4, 2024 – Millions of people ...

After over a month of waiting and watching, a volcano in Iceland has finally erupted. According to the Icelandic Metropolitan Office, the eruption occurred on the Reykjanes peninsula about 4 ...

March 17 (Reuters) - Lava flows from a volcano in southwest Iceland that had lit up the night sky on Saturday slowed on Sunday while man-made barriers appeared to be successful in steering the lava ...

20 May 2021. Fjóla Guðrún Sigtryggsdóttir is shown studying the lava field upstream of the dams, with the Fagradalsfjall volcano in the background. It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021 ...

Changes tell the researchers how fast lava was flowing relative to its viscosity. As lava gets farther from vents, it cools and breaks up as it flows. Different lava flows go through that transition ...

They call it Hawai‘i Island, but you might have heard of it referred to simply as The Big Island – not just because it’s the ...