Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's ...

DNA from Icelandic lava flows reveals how microbes move into a brand-new habitat, offering insights into early life on Earth and volcanic worlds like Mars.

A groundbreaking study reveals microbes colonizing sterile, newly formed lava rock in Iceland within hours, offering clues to ...

A new device helps scientists measure lava viscosity during active flows. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Last year, scientists ...

Is it possible to stop a lava flow? As AccuWeather points out, many have tried in the past. The U.S. Air Force tried to bomb the lava tubes at Mauna Loa in 1935. Iceland tried to cool a lava flow with ...

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 ...

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 ...

The lava vents were quiet Saturday, but intensified on Sunday. After a day of relative calm, Kilauea roared back in full force on Sunday, spewing lava 300 feet in the air, encroaching on a half mile ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have captured a rare process by which life claims a brand-new environment.

Fountains of lava erupted from the Sundhnúkur volcanic system in southwest Iceland on Jan. 14, 2024. As the world watched on webcams and social media, lava flows cut off roads and bubbled from a new ...