An curved arrow pointing right. Adding relatively minor factors like crystals, water, ice, and metal can drastically affect how lava moves, cools, and creates formations. When lava meets water ...

We have already seen the momentous meeting of lava and ice. What happens when it's a ball of nickel at a glowing red heat? Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

Lava flows over ice in an experiment whose results were published in Geology last week. Image Credit: Edwards et al via GSA What happens when you pour hundreds of kilograms of molten lava over ice?

The lava gushed over the notch and fed the molten river. Bits of hardened crust floated along the top, resembling shards of black ice. A giant red-orange boulder flew about forty feet into the air ...

In the first of a double bill, Jarvis Cocker wanders the lava fields of Iceland in search of the unseen forces of night. He meets sheep, enters a volcano and stumbles upon a wake. Show more Jarvis ...

In cold regions, hot lava from erupting volcanoes meets snow and ice. This potentially dangerous mixture can lead to rapid flooding. Indeed, in Iceland, an island rich in both volcanoes and frozen ...

Iceland, the land of ice and fire, is a dynamic landscape of ... The earth spews spouts of smoke here and there, ever threatening. Hidden behind lava rock walls, the hotel lobby doubles as a ...