Without volcanoes, most of Earth’s water would still be trapped in the crust and mantle. Early volcanic eruptions led to the Earth’s second atmosphere, which led to Earth’s modern atmosphere. Besides water and air, volcanoes are responsible for land, another necessity for many life forms. Can volcanoes be dangerous evenRead More →
Mount Teide, despite being the undisputed highlight on Tenerife’s skyline, is geologically a rather young volcano at just 200,000 years old. Is there lava in Mount Teide? That is how Las Cañadas caldera was formed. Today we can only see part of the escarpment because as the inside of TeideRead More →
It last erupted in 1894-95, when small summit explosions were reported by observers in Seattle and Tacoma. Mount Rainier’s next eruption might be of similar or larger size and could produce volcanic ash, lava flows, and avalanches of intensely hot rock and volcanic gases, called “pyroclastic flows.” What would happenRead More →
Cinder Cone Volcano: A cinder cone volcano has low silica levels and high levels of dissolved gas, resulting in fluid lava that erupts explosively as a result of the immense pressure built in the magma chamber. Are cinder cone volcano eruptions dangerous? The primary danger from cinder cone volcanoes isRead More →