Recent research has revealed what’s causing this unusual activity and why the risk of eruption remains low. This study sheds light not only on Uturuncu but also on other “zombie volcanoes ...

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"Dormant volcanoes usually show little activity unless they're on the inevitable ... Uturuncu is not the only zombie volcano that has existed. "Over decades, the Global Volcanism Program has ...

Does seismic activity under this long-dead volcano mean it’s about to rise from the grave? That’s what an international research team set out to discover as this Bolivian “zombie” volcano continues to ...

Although dormant volcanoes are usually quiet, “zombie volcanoes” like Bolivia’s Uturuncu display a surviving amount of activity for a volcano that hasn’t erupted in 250,000 years.

Uturuncu, a so-called 'zombie' volcano located in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia, has experienced increased seismic activity and gas emissions. This unrest is visible in a distinctive 'sombrero ...

A "zombie" volcano in Bolivia has been rumbling in its sleep — despite being dormant for hundreds of thousands of years — and scientists now think they know why. Uturuncu, located in the Andes ...

Zombie volcanoes,' thought extinct ... The phrase tells about the surprising nature of such volcanic activity, just when a volcano is believed to be dead, it “rises from the grave.” ...

Instead, magma, gases, and briny fluids are interacting within a hydrothermal system—an activity not entirely understood—to cause the volcano's "zombie" rumblings. Beneath Uturuncu ...