Volcanic activity alters the Earth's surface and promotes the development of new ecosystems, providing valuable models for studying soil formation processes such as microbial composition and ...

MOSCOW, Idaho — A University of Idaho postdoctoral researcher, Ian T.W. Flynn, working under Erika Rader, an assistant professor at the school in the Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences, has ...

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The University of Idaho announced Thursday that postdoctoral researcher, Ian T.W. Flynn found what looks to be a spatter cone of volcanic matter on Mars. Flynn compared the volcanic ...

Spectacular footage of eruption on Klyuchevskaya Sopka side cone volcano on the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula was caught on camera by eyewitnesses on Tuesday (March 16). The video shows red rivers of ...

Mount Vesuvius, located 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) southeast of Naples, Italy, is the only active volcano on Europe’s mainland. It is a composite stratovolcano, made up of pyroclastic flows, lava flows ...

MOSCOW, Idaho - A study led by the University of Idaho has uncovered the first evidence of a volcanic spatter cone on Mars. According to a press release from the University of Idaho, Ian Flynn, a ...