Lava planets don’t play by the rules of our solar system. These scorching-hot worlds, some no bigger than Earth, orbit so ...

What if the melting glaciers in Antarctica aren't just signs of climate change — but triggers for something much more explosive? Scientists have discovered that as Antarctica’s massive ice sheets melt ...

The melting of glaciers due to the climate crisis could make volcano eruptions more catastrophic than before, scientists cautioned in a study.

New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's underground landscape.

Because Mýrdalsjökull rests above the country's Katla volcano, they theorized that as its glaciers melt, pressure on the volcano's magma chambers decreases, making it easier for eruptions to occur.

For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath layers of ice. But now, as climate change accelerates and glaciers ...

When ice sheets melt and glaciers retreat, it releases the pressure on those magma chambers, making it easier for the magma to break through the surface in a volcanic eruption.

A new study suggests that the climate crisis could trigger a surge in volcanic eruptions as melting glaciers and ice caps relieve pressure on underground magma chambers. This phenomenon has been ...

A pressurized mechanism During the last ice age, a thick layer of ice compressed magma chambers, limiting eruptions. Crystalline analyses show that silica-rich magma accumulated between 6 and 9 miles ...

While glacier melting could be happening currently at unprecedented rates due to global warming, researchers say the process of changes in the magma system due to this happens over centuries ...

There is a second common mechanism that allows the mantle to melt and thus cause the production of magma. The melting temperature of rocks is decreased by the addition of water, thus the solidus ...