The ongoing activity at Mayon Volcano, such as lava fountains and sustained flows, has been classified by state volcanologists as an effusive eruption. But what does that mean? According to the ...

It is generally assumed that volatile-rich magmas erupt predominantly effusively at water depths of several hundred meters, as the high hydrostatic pressure suppresses explosive activity. This view is ...

In February 2025, a new eruptive phase both effusive and explosive started on Mt Etna (Italy). The explosive-type activity began on February 6th, 2025 with a modest and episodic Strombolian activity ...

Roughly 290,000 Filipinos remain unable to return home as Mayon Volcano’s lava flows have now persisted for 132 consecutive days, a stretch that exceeds any continuous eruption in the volcano’s ...