(CNN) — Stretching to the horizon, the gray-white earth rises in peaks like a well-whipped meringue petrified into mud and rock. A keen wind whips these otherworldly hills, while the land underfoot is ...

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

In late May 2006, an unusual disaster befell part of the Indonesian island of Java: out of the blue, the area was flooded by a mud volcano. Not a mudflow racing down your typical spits-fire-and-ash ...

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

You’ve heard of mud baths, mud masks, and even mud wrestling. But floating in a mud volcano? Not so common. Take it from me, it’s an experience you need to have in your lifetime. It can be had 45 ...

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 ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The world's most destructive mud volcano was born near the town of Sidoarjo, on the island of Java, Indonesia, ...

An explosion seen off the Caspian Sea on July Fourth was attributed to a mud volcano eruption. Gavriil Grigorov via Getty Images A mud volcano erupted on an island in the Caspian Sea about 46 miles ...

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