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 ...

"The Borealis Mud Volcano is a unique geological and ecological phenomenon that provides a rare insight into the complex ...

Scientists on the AKMA3 ocean expedition discovered an exceptional underwater feature consisting of a mud volcano in the ...

The world’s fastest-growing mud volcano is collapsing and could subside to depths of more than 140 metres with consequences for the surrounding environment, according to new research. As the second ...

For 3 months a sea of hot mud has been gushing from the ground in Sidoarjo, East Java, 35 kilometres south of Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya. The steaming mud pool is growing at an ...

(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 spewing out steam. In the following weeks, ...

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 ...

Indonesian plans to plug a mud volcano that has displaced more than 10,000 people by dropping clusters of concrete balls into it is unlikely to stop the flow, a Japanese scientist said Tuesday. The ...

The first scientific report into the causes and impact of Lusi, the Indonesian mud volcano, reveals that the 2006 eruption will continue to erupt and spew out between 7,000 and 150,000 cubic metres of ...

Not all volcanoes belch lava. Some erupt mud—lots of it. Most mud volcanoes just gurgle up bits of muck from time to time, but one is particularly known for frequent, powerful explosions. New research ...