Mauna Kea When you think of the tallest mountains, instinctively, Mount Everest comes to mind. But here's a shocker: Mauna Kea in Hawaii takes the crown as the tallest volcano on Earth. Measuring over ...

Liquid rock below the Earth’s surface is referred to as magma. More than 50% of the world’s active volcanoes above sea level encircle the Pacific Ocean, forming the “Ring of Fire.” ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...

Part of that ring (though, it’s really more a horseshoe) bisects the Pacific Northwest via the Cascade Range, and it’s here that one of the most active volcanoes of the world can be found.