One of the most devastating volcanoes erupted 7,300 years ago — and scientists say it’s filling with magma again

Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, ...
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One of Earth's most explosive volcanoes is quietly refilling with magma

The Kikai Caldera. (Seama Nobukazu/CC BY 4.0) About 7,300 years ago, a volcano off Japan's Kyushu island unleashed what ...

Glass Threads Spun From a Volcano’s Bubbly Magma

A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.

Japan's giant caldera volcano is refilling 7,300 years later

The magma reservoir of the largest volcanic eruption of the Holocene is refilling. This Kobe University insight on the Kikai caldera in Japan allows us to understand giant caldera volcanoes like ...
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Europe’s most active volcano is erupting, and tour guides are told to stay away

MOUNT ETNA, Italy — Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily's Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities after a round of eruptions at the ...
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Underwater volcano near Japan reloading with magma, scientists warn

A massive underwater volcano, the Kikai Caldera, is showing signs of renewed activity as scientists report it is slowly ...
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Volcano erupts in northern Ethiopia, sending ash plumes toward Yemen and Oman

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A long-dormant volcano erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar ...
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Scientists capture elusive imagery of volcano’s inner workings

About 290 miles off the coast of Cannon Beach, Oregon, lies an underwater volcano called Axial Volcano. Axial erupts about once every ten years. Twice in the past year, news outlets have reported that ...
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What’s inside Mexico’s Popocatépetl? Scientists obtain first 3D images of the whole volcano

POPOCATÉPETL VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect ...