WASHINGTON -- Volcanic activity played a key role in shaping the planet Mercury's crater-riddled surface, and not asteroid impacts as previously theorized, according to US research published Thursday.
Read Full StoryPARIS -- Recent massive volcanoes have risen from the ocean floor deep under the Arctic ice cap, spewing plumes of fragmented magma into the sea, scientists who filmed the aftermath reported Wednesday.
Read Full StoryPARIS -- Scientists on Monday delivered a rebuttal to claims that an earthquake, and not drilling for gas, unleashed a "mud volcano" that has been spewing sludge in Indonesia for the past two years.
Read Full StoryJAKARTA -- A volcano erupted on Indonesia's Sulawesi island Friday, spewing smoke and sending heat clouds of debris down its slopes, a volcanologist said.
Read Full StoryJAKARTA -- Indonesia raised the alert level on the tallest volcano on Java island Thursday after it spewed heat clouds down its slopes, the volcanology office said.
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