Pumice: the floaty, foamy, fragile stone and its uses
Its name shares a root with the Latin word 'spumam' ('foam').
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Volcano facts and other pieces of hot science
Volcanoes are some of the most amazing geological features but quite often, they're misunderstood or not understood at all. Here we'll ...
GeoPicture of the Week: Kutkhiny Baty, The Weird Valley
Deep in the Kamceatka peninsula, there lies an eerie, unique valley - Kutkhiny Baty - The Weird Valley. This is how ...
New type of volcanic eruption described
The general classification splits volcanic eruptions in two: explosive or effusive. An explosive eruption is, well, explosive and violent (think ...
