'Extinct' volcanoes that haven't erupted for tens of thousands of years may not actually be inactive, but silently accumulating huge reservoirs of magma to fuel future outbursts. This worrying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some extinct volcanoes may be harboring a cache of "rare earth elements," new research has determined. These elements are ...

You might not know it, but Ireland is dotted with extinct volcanoes that have shaped the island we know and love today ...

A geological study of Greece’s Methana volcano reveals it erupted after a dormant period of about 100,000 years, challenging the 10,000-year benchmark for declaring volcanoes extinct. The research ...

A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals, according to new research ...

Scientists fear volcano that was ‘extinct’ for 700,000 years has woken up as gas pressure builds - Researchers say that the ...

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 ...

An ancient Irish volcano is challenging scientific understanding of how eruptions occur. The secrets that lie beneath ...

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Scientists say a mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within long dormant volcanoes is likely packed with the in-demand elements. MARC SZEGLAT ON UNSPLASH. “> Scientists say a mysterious type ...

An international team of volcanologists working on Carlingford Mountain has found that liquid "magma chambers" do not always ...