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  1. Volcano facts and types of volcanoes | Live Science

    Feb 25, 2025 · Discover interesting facts about volcanoes, including why and where they form and history's deadliest eruption.

  2. Volcanoes - News and Scientific Articles on Live Science | Live …

    5 days ago · There are different types of volcanoes, including stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes and cinder cones, and different types of lava and other volcanic flows. Volcanoes can be …

  3. What is the Pacific Ring of Fire? - Live Science

    Jul 28, 2025 · The Pacific Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes known for explosive eruptions and intense earthquakes.

  4. 6 volcanoes erupt in eastern Russia after 8.8 megaquake | Live …

    Aug 5, 2025 · Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow.

  5. What's the difference between an active, dormant and extinct …

    Dec 30, 2024 · To be considered active, a volcano must have erupted at some point during the Holocene, but dormant and extinct are a little harder to define.

  6. Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant …

    Feb 5, 2025 · Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new research finds. The findings have implications …

  7. How Volcanoes Work - Live Science

    Nov 1, 2004 · Volcanoes in history What is the Pacific Ring of Fire? A parade of volcanoes is erupting in Russia following an 8.8 earthquake

  8. Dormant volcano erupts in Russia for first time in around 500 years ...

    Aug 4, 2025 · Krasheninnikov volcano has erupted on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. This is the second volcano to erupt in the region following the magnitude 8.8 megaquake on July 30.

  9. Never-before-seen chain of volcanoes discovered hiding near the …

    Mar 26, 2025 · After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the newly discovered structures.

  10. Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe ...

    Jul 7, 2025 · Glacial melt could increase volcanic activity in North America, New Zealand and Russia, spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.