Volcanoes that dominate postcards and disaster movies are often the ones we can see, their peaks etched against the sky. Yet some of the most consequential volcanic threats on Earth are hidden under ...

Volcanic activity has been increasingly in the news over the last few years, and a massive eruption could have devastating global effects. | Credit: Illustrated / Getty Images Hawaii's Kilauea volcano ...

The landslide disaster in Nepal may be a glimpse into the future for an American mountain feared to be a ticking time bomb.

University of Birmingham volcanologist Mike Cassidy argued that the biggest danger could come, not from Yellowstone and Mount Etna, but from hidden volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington Post On the slopes of an Oregon volcano, engineers are building the hottest geothermal power plant on Earth. The plant ...

These fiery features can be as dangerous as they are mesmerizing. Here are a few things to keep in mind if you live near or plan to visit a volcano.

How many people live close to the volcano? Being "close" is tricky to quantify as the type of eruption will define whether one person who is close at one volcano might not be close at another. In ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Uncertainty is surrounding the Hawaiian volcano Kīlauea as scientists ...

A major eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius could generate more than $24 billion in total economic damages and kill 8,000 people, according to a survey released Thursday by London-based Willis Research ...

Global warming continues to worsen year after year, causing numerous disasters around the world. But in addition to rising temperatures and increasingly extreme weather, melting ice could lead to a ...