Despite its destructive history, the Sidoarjo mud flow in eastern Java, Indonesia, appeared contained by levees in November 2008.
Published Dec 10, 2008
More than a decade after boiling mud began spurting from the ground in East Java, the Lusi mud flow is still going strong.
Published Jun 21, 2019
Downstream of the Lusi mud flow, mangrove forests are expanding onto new land and shrimp farmers are adjusting to a muddier reality.
Published Jun 24, 2019
The tiny island shown in this image from January 11, 2011, is a mud volcano, newly emerged from the Arabian Sea.
Published Jan 21, 2011
In August 2015, Cotopaxi volcano awoke with its first significant eruption in more than 70 years.
Published Sep 16, 2015
Three Central American countries—El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua—have coastline along the Gulf of Fonseca, which opens into the Pacific Ocean. The southern boundary of the Gulf is a peninsula formed by the Cosigüina Volcano. Cosigüina is a stratovolcano, which is a cone-shaped volcano formed by alternating layers of solidified lava and volcanic rocks produced by explosive eruptions.
Published Dec 31, 2007
