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Lava exploded more than 200 meters (about 700 feet) into the air as Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted on Thursday. A video of ...

Ian McEwan’s recent novel, What We Can Know, is set in a semi-underwater Britain in the year 2119. A few decades on from a ...

Guatemala's Volcano of Fire has begun erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another ...

Scientists have recently discovered how magma behaves beneath active volcanoes, opening up new possibilities for targeted drilling for green energy.

A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.

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