A virtual what, how, when, where, why and wow of Mother Nature’s most wild side. Program includes carefully chaptered segments covering all the principal elements of understanding. Volcanoes are part of the natural process of the earth. They can bring terrible disaster. But they also have a lot of benefits for humans. Some of the best farmland in the world is in soil created by volcanoes.

Originally released by Film Ideas, 2006. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 10, 2015.

Volcanoes: What Are They? (2:52); --Volcanoes: How They Happen (1:47); -- Volcanoes: Where and Why? (2:57); -- Volcano: A Natural Phenomena (2:02); -- Volcanoes:The Science of Predicting (2:30); -- Volcanoes: Staying Safe (1:06); -- Volcanoes: Now You Know (2:23); -- Volcanoes: Natural Disaster or Natural Phenomena? (0:31); .