Rice farmers living in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, awoke to a strange sight on May 29, 2006. The ground had ruptured overnight and was spewing out steam. In the following weeks, water, boiling-hot ...

Mud volcanoes are little known in North America, but much more common in other parts of the world. By Michael R. Hudec/The Conversation | Published Dec 24, 2022 6:00 PM EST This article was originally ...

Deep beneath the icy waters of the Barents Sea, scientists have made an extraordinary discovery—a long-hidden mud volcano ...

Mud volcanoes are an unpredictable and dangerous phenomenon — but now scientists have a better understanding of how some of them form and evolve. More than 1,000 mud volcanoes have been identified ...

In a fascinating find beneath the waves of the Barents Sea, researchers have discovered anunderwater mud volcano dating back to the end of the last Ice Age. Located approximately 70 miles south of ...

A mud volcano on the Indonesian island of Java is collapsing, swallowing up more than 30,000 homes so far. Scientists blame a gas company for causing the eruption of sludge two years ago. Geologist ...

Jacyn Schmidt and her fishing partner captured this image of a mud volcano on their depth sounder, just a few miles north of Sitka. (Photo by Jacyn Schmidt) A couple of Sitka residents who were ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Rice farmers living in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, awoke to a strange sight on May 29, 2006. The ground had ruptured overnight and was ...