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

In a fascinating find beneath the waves of the Barents Sea, researchers have discovered anunderwater mud volcano dating back to the end of the last Ice Age. Located approximately 70 miles south of ...

The Wandan mud volcano, located in the Wandan Township of southern Taiwan, spat bubbling mud out of four separate vents on Thursday (June 26) as ejected material reached a height of 6.6 feet (2 ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano has produced similar transient islands since its first recorded eruption in 1861, which created a landmass that measured just 285 feet across and 11.5 feet above the water.

NASA has released images of a vanishing "ghost island" in the Caspian Sea captured by its satellites. Why It Matters. The Kumani Bank mud volcano, also known as Chigil-Deniz, a feature located ...

Tingay says the Kumani mud volcano also formed an island without a fireball in 1993, and it, too, went officially unreported. Satellite images, however, clearly show it was visible at that time.

The mud volcano has eight other recorded eruptions, dating back to May 1861, when the island that formed was just 285 feet (87 meters) wide and 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) above the water.