Glacial retreat caused a wave of volcanic activity in southern Chile as the last Ice Age came to an end, according to new research.

A long-dormant volcano erupted in far eastern Kamchatka, Russia, on August 3, 2025, just days after one of the strongest earthquakes on record struck the regionThe giant volcano exploded for ...

For decades, scientists believed that magma chambers beneath volcanoes were transient, forming before an eruption and then dissipating as the volcano quieted. However, new research suggests that ...

The project, being undertaken by Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT), an Icelandic magma research organization, will build on a 2009 effort to drill close to one of the Krafla magma chambers by a team from ...

However, the researchers cautioned against alarmism. While large magma chambers are a necessary ingredient for eruptions, they do not necessarily indicate imminent danger.

Until now, purposefully drilling directly into a magma chamber has never even been attempted. "You could never really propose to drill into magma," John Eichelberger, a volcanologist at the ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have identified that its magma chamber has been slowly replenishing. Taupō Volcanic Zone (New Zealand) Size: The caldera lake spans 616 square kilometers.

The project, helmed by the Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) organization, is set to start drilling into a magma chamber by 2026, in the hopes of using the magma to heat up water and generate electricity.

Images helped to identify a large magma chamber that has been growing at an average rate of roughly 4 million cubic meters per year since Kolumbo’s last eruption in 1650 C.E., nearly 400 years ago.

Scientists say the way two large magma chambers are connected under Mount St. Helens may explain the peak's 1980 explosion, according to a report released Wednesday. One giant magma chamber is 5 ...

They also found that the majority of the magma involved in the eruption came from a central chamber and that approximately 30% of its contents were blown out of the volcano during the eruption ...

Anaheim, Calif., USA: For over a century, the concept of a shallow magma chamber—a large magma-filled cavity just ~5 km under the base of a volcano—has been the foundation for igneous ...