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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

    Dec 10, 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. 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.

  4. What is the Pacific Ring of Fire? - Live Science

    Jul 28, 2025 · The Pacific Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes known for explosive eruptions and intense earthquakes.

  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. 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, …

  7. Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant …

    Feb 5, 2025 · The magma system beneath volcanoes may persist even after recent eruptions, a new study finds.

  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. NASA solves 44-year-old mystery of why Jupiter's Io is so volcanically ...

    Dec 16, 2024 · Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system. Now, NASA scientists have revealed how and why.

  10. 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.