Most volcanic activity happens beneath the ocean — but we often don't know about it. DW looks at how underwater volcanoes form and what happens when they erupt.

Volcanoes can only form in certain parts of our planet. The earth’s crust is broken into plates that “float” on the denser mantle below. These plates are constantly moving and most earthquakes and ...

By exploring Lemon Volcanoes Science Experiments, kids engage in a fun learning activity that merges food science experiments with creative science crafts, making it ideal for summer science ...

Magma and volcanoes often form where the plates are pulled apart or pushed together but we also find some volcanoes in the middle of tectonic plates.

Volcanoes are a powerful force of nature. There are about 1500 active volcanoes on our planet right now. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows lava and other volcanic matter to ...

AS Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano continues to release lava following two weeks of violent eruptions, now is a good a time as any to explore the science behind the rocky magma-spewers. And we’… ...

Some scientists think we can better understand volcanoes by learning how the gaseous vortexes emerge. By Carolyn Wilke Some volcanoes perform a rather subtle trick: blowing rings of vapor that ...