In a shocking revelation, scientists have discovered thousands of giant eggs in an underwater volcano off the coast of ...

Volcanoes that have laid dormant for millions of years could revolutionize the sourcing of important rare earth elements, a ...

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Doane saw only one way to explain the void. "The great basin," he wrote, "has been formerly one vast crater of a now extinct volcano." The lieutenant was right: Yellowstone is a volcano ...

If they haven't erupted during the Holocene, they are considered extinct. Sometimes people refer to volcanoes that haven't erupted in a long time as "dormant," but there's no scientific definition ...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in southern Laos' Champasak province are working to develop facilities around an extinct volcano in Paksong district, upgrading the site to a provincial ...

Mount Otemanu is one of two peaks of an extinct volcano located at the center of the island. Rising 2,400-some feet above the lagoon, this volcanic remnant makes for a dramatic photo op or an ...

This effect is not occasioned by the Upas tree, but by an extinct volcano near Batar, called Guava Upas. From the old crater and the adjoining valley is exhaled carbonic gas, such as often ...

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Volcano Live's Ed Byrne listed it as his favourite volcanic feature in the UK. DOWNLOAD: A guide to volcanic walks in the UK (PDF - 3.4MB) What is the difference between a dormant and an extinct ...