Avalanches of ash, gas and rock that cascade downhill during volcanic eruptions may be even more dangerous than scientists had realized. Pulses of high pressure form within these slides, known as ...

A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ...

The discovery of the driving force behind the world's deadliest volcanic events could help improve forecasting of their devastating effects, new research suggests. The findings reveal the mechanism ...

New Zealand research could help track the path of searingly hot rock and gas flows that are the world's most deadly volcanic hazard. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury School of ...