It's true. Most volcanoes do occur at plate boundaries. However, they can also occur at what are known as hotspots - places where stationary plumes of magma rise from deep within the Earth's surface.

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have ...

The questions that beg to be asked, therefore, are: could any of these volcanoes erupt? And what would happen if they did? Currently, only two of the Antarctic volcanoes are officially classified ...