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  1. Volcano facts and types of volcanoes - Live Science

    Feb 25, 2025 · Discover interesting facts about volcanoes, including why and where they form and history's deadliest eruption.

  2. Volcanoes - News and Scientific Articles on Live Science | Live Science

    Nov 25, 2025 · There are different types of volcanoes, including stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes and cinder cones, and different types of lava and other volcanic flows. Volcanoes can be active, dormant …

  3. Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe ...

    Jul 7, 2025 · Melting glaciers could make volcanic eruptions more explosive and frequent, worsening climate change in the process, scientists have warned. Hundreds of volcanoes in Antarctica, Russia, …

  4. Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant …

    Feb 5, 2025 · Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new research finds. The findings have implications for …

  5. Dormant volcano erupts in Russia for first time in around 500 years ...

    Aug 4, 2025 · Krasheninnikov volcano has erupted on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. This is the second volcano to erupt in the region following the magnitude 8.8 megaquake on July 30.

  6. What's the difference between an active, dormant and extinct volcano ...

    Dec 30, 2024 · To be considered active, a volcano must have erupted at some point during the Holocene, but dormant and extinct are a little harder to define.

  7. 6 volcanoes erupt in eastern Russia after 8.8 megaquake | Live Science

    Aug 5, 2025 · Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow.

  8. Antarctica is covered in volcanoes, could they erupt?

    Apr 7, 2024 · Of those volcanoes, 91 were first discovered as part of a 2017 study published in the journal Geological Society. So, could any of Antarctica’s volcanoes erupt on the southernmost …

  9. How Volcanoes Work - Live Science

    Nov 1, 2004 · The volcanoes that tower above the surrounding mountains from California to Washington state are caused by subduction zones. This same process builds mountains and causes earthquakes.

  10. Why are volcanoes not found at transform boundaries? - Answers

    Feb 13, 2025 · Volcanoes are not found at transform boundaries because these boundaries involve the sliding of tectonic plates past each other horizontally, without any significant vertical movement. This ...