The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often builds up around the vent forming a steep, round hill known as a ...

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Volcanoes affect different places in different ways. They cause more damage in poorer countries, where there are fewer resources to predict and prepare for them.

There are many different kinds of volcanoes ... life-threatening Plinian eruptions with little or no warning. Though volcanologists study all types of volcanoes, the latter kind is of greatest ...

With increasingly sophisticated scientific methods, we can extract a secret history of volcanoes from these crystals—the why, where and when of past eruptions. These historical records can help ...