Active Volcanoes

 On our Earth there are around 500 active volcanoes . Between 50 and 70 of these volcanoes erupt each year and 160 have erupted in the last 10 years. Approximately 550 volcanoes  have erupted since the beginning of recorded history.

Most of the time when speaking of volcanoes, Geologists don’t include those that are present  underwater. Scientists and Geologists believe that more than 75 percent of the lava that reaches the Earth’s  surface happens underwater. So this provides the evidence that active volcanoes and violent volcanic activity takes place even under the ocean.

The active volcanoes during volcanic eruption results in the emission of gases, lava,ash and other intrinsic  materials from a Earth’s interior (crust).  

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