Seemingly benign volcanoes hold an ‘explosive secret’, scientists say
Seemingly benign volcanoes can be much more violent than previously feared due to volatile magma hidden deep below the surface, a study shows. Scientists studied volcanoes on remote islands in the Galápagos Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador. Volcanoes that reliably produce small lava eruptions of basalt, an igneous rock, hide chemically … Read more