Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, ...
The Kikai Caldera. (Seama Nobukazu/CC BY 4.0) About 7,300 years ago, a volcano off Japan's Kyushu island unleashed what remains the largest known eruption of the Holocene, our current geological epoch ...
Rather than a single giant chamber, the Yellowstone Caldera is made up of a complex system that includes a shallow magma ...
Scientists believe the Akahoya eruption devastated the Jōmon people, who inhabited the area now known as Japan between 14,000 ...
A supervolcano that once shook the Earth is quietly recharging—and scientists are finally seeing how it happens. Scientists ...
Lava fountaining began at Kilauea’s summit late this morning, marking the start of a new eruptive episode, according to the U ...
Scientists say the Kikai volcano near Japan is slowly filling with magma again after thousands of years. The underwater ...
Kobe University researchers have mapped the refilling magma reservoir of Japan's Kikai caldera proving that supervolcanoes "reset" ...
The magma reservoir of the largest volcanic eruption of the Holocene is refilling. This Kobe University insight on the Kikai ...
A new study reveals that Japan's Kikai Caldera is gradually refilling with fresh magma, offering key insights into volcanic ...
This stunning astronaut photo shows the natural beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera — a giant crater-like bowl containing 17 different volcanoes, leftover from major eruptions spanning over 200,000 years.
The magma reservoir of the largest volcano eruption of the Holocene is refilling. This Kobe University insight on the Kikai ...