The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory “lavas” working with our partners at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo (UHH), and for Valentine’s Day we wanted to highlight some of the things we appreciate ...

Tephra is any type and size of rock fragment that is forcibly ejected from a volcano and travels an airborne path during an eruption. Examples include ash, bombs, scoria, and shards of volcanic glass ...

Editor’s note: The Lab Report is a weekly series in The Badger Herald’s print edition where we take a deep dive into the (research) lives of students and professors outside the classroom The WiscAr ...

HILO, Hawaii (KHON2) — The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) on the Big Island announced on Thursday, Jan. 7, the opening of a new lab that will help scientists study volcanic samples known as tephra ...

The electrifying displays of lightning often seen over volcanoes have now been experimentally generated in the lab, research that could help shed light on the effects volcanic eruptions have on the ...

In a science lab on the fourth floor of UTSA's Multidisciplinary Studies Building, UTSA students engage in meticulous choreography around a glowing furnace, melting rocks to produce lava. The task ...

UT San Antonio students in the HAMsTER Lab melt rocks to produce lava, a task that helps them survey the vast landscapes of the universe. In a science lab on the fourth floor of UTSA’s ...

Over millions of years, the Earth’s upper layers have performed a dance that has created mountains, volcanoes, continents, ridges and ocean trenches. Tectonic plates play a key role in this process.