A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga produced one of the largest explosions ever captured by satellites, sending a powerful ...

Hawaii's Kīlauea began its 56th eruptive episode since December 23, 2024, just at 12:10 p.m. local time on Thursday, less ...

In 1943, Mexico's Parícutin volcano erupted from a farmer's cornfield, growing rapidly and burying two villages during nine ...

Cutline: Cameras used to monitor Kīlauea’s lava fountains, shown during Episode 44 on April 9. The left camera is a timelapse ...

The 56th episode of Kilauea’s Halema’uma’u eruption began Thursday afternoon with initial lava fountains reaching 100 feet.

A massive volcanic eruption devastated ancient Japan 7,300 years ago, but new research reveals surprising patterns of human ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption was the largest eruption in the 21 st century, sending up the highest plume ever recorded. A new ...

Volcanic eruptions are known for their spectacular visual displays of vivid lava, as well as the devastating impacts they can ...

Volcanic ash forced temporary airport closures, including at Jakarta’s main Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Airlines including Singapore Airlines and Scoot canceled flights as authorities ...

“This eruption must have been devastating, exploding out of the sea bed with little warning. It battered the Japanese islands with powerful earthquakes and enormous tsunamis, and then blanketed the ...

Instead, the prolonged period of cooling during the 13th through 19th centuries was the result of increased volcanic ...

Pliny the Younger was just a teenager when he witnessed the total destruction of Pompeii by the devastating eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. His uncle died in the historic eruption, and Pliny’s ...