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Why do volcanoes erupt?

Volcanoes erupt because hot, melted rock from deep inside the Earth finds a way to reach the surface. This melted rock is called magma, and it forms when parts of the Earth’s mantle become so hot that ...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has reported an "ongoing explosive eruption" at Kanlaon Volcano in the Negros Island Region, with a dark grey plume rising 2,000 meter ...
A brutal Arctic blast has turned parts of the Eastern United States into a deep freeze, and along at least one frozen shoreline the cold has sculpted something that looks straight out of science ...