Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest active volcano in Oregon is being drilled into as part of an effort to create a cleaner energy source. Engineers are ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington Post On the slopes of an Oregon volcano, engineers are building the hottest geothermal power plant on Earth. The plant ...

Located in Sicily, Mount Etna is Europe's most active volcano. Yet its origin remains largely enigmatic, as no existing ...

Mazama Energy’s federal grant to drill into superhot rock on the western flank of Newberry Volcano in central Oregon represents the latest chapter in a decades-long effort to unlock geothermal power ...

When you picture a volcano, what do you see? I personally imagine a mountain sticking up into the sky. At the top of that mountain, I see a crater with a fiery hot lake boiling and roiling in it, or ...

Companies will soon be able to bid on opportunities to tap a volcanic island in Cook Inlet to generate renewable energy. Alaska officials have scheduled a geothermal lease sale covering a little more ...

Gustavo Bejar-Lopez has been interested in volcanoes since he was a child. Now, the Michigan Technological University Ph.D. student is a budding volcanologist mentoring young geologists from his ...

After more than a year, Kilauea volcano is once again erupting inside Halemaumau Crater at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The eruption began overnight after increased earthquake activity. Lava is ...