Tiny crystals suggest extinct volcanoes could still grow underground, a finding that could reshape how scientists assess ...

By reconstructing a 700,000-year history of Methana volcano, geologists found a prehistoric phase when it appeared inactive ...

The Methana volcano sits at the edge of a Greek peninsula dotted with hot springs, small hotels, and roughly 2,000 permanent ...

(photoz/Canva) 'Extinct' volcanoes that haven't erupted for tens of thousands of years may not actually be inactive, but ...

For people living in communities in the shadow of a volcano, a long silence may give the impression that the geological beast is not merely sleeping but has gone extinct. But, as research detailing ...

Romania’s Ciomadul volcano last erupted some 30,000 years ago, but as a new study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reports, between 5 to 14 cubic miles of magma still simmer below the ...

Learn how scientists discovered that Methana, a volcano in Greece believed to be dormant, was actually collecting magma for millennia. There are more extinct volcanoes across the world than active ...

The youngest eruption of the Methana volcano (brown) flowing into the sea, with limestone in the background. The Methana volcano in Greece appeared dormant for over 100,000 years, but magma was ...

A volcano that lies close to the border between Iran and Pakistan may be nearing an eruption again for the first time in more than 700,000 years, a study has suggested. Scientists say that the Taftan ...