Satellite images taken more than three decades apart show the disappearance of Iceland's Okjökull, the first glacier to be ...

Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, similar to Mauna Loa, the world's most active volcano located in Hawaii. Shield volcanoes typically produce runny lava flows that result in gentle slopes.

A new study has found surprising evidence of large bodies ... features ranging from small cinder cones to substantial shield ...

Shield volcanoes do not have such violent eruptions ... Volcanoes are usually found along the boundaries of tectonic plates. Constructive plate boundaries are where tectonic plates are moving ...