Where you live, do the kids have to wear hard hats on their way to school, in case it rains volcanic rocks? They do on
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Decade Volcano: Avachinsky-Koryaksky
Today we travel to the “Land of Stone Torches” — Kamchatka, in the Russian Far East, where plate tectonics shapes and reshapes what is perhaps
A Subtle Passing
I couldn’t figure out at first why looking back at Mount St. Helens’ eruption on May 18, 1980, seemed a little special this year. Sure,
Decade Volcano: Etna
From a distance, Sicily’s Mount Etna looks like your basic stratovolcano: large and pointy-topped with lots of lava flows on its slopes. Extra points for
Decade Volcano: Galeras
What you’re looking at here is a parent-child portrait done in igneous rock. While everyone refers to the whole thing as “Galeras,” this is technically
Decade Volcanoes: Taal
Taal doesn’t fit the stereotype we laypeople have of volcanoes being big pointy mountains with a bad case of heartburn. It does have what appears
