Fountains from the south vent at Kilauea's summit crater soared 1,300 feet (400 meters) into the air, the U.S. Geological ...

Two more eruptions were observed at Taal Volcano in Batangas province within the past 24 hours, according to the Philippine ...

Approximately 74,000 years ago, a colossal volcanic eruption occurred, leaving an indelible mark on the entire planet.

The 1883 Krakatoa volcano erupted with a force of 200 megatons of TNT. By comparison, the bomb that destroyed the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945 had a force of 20 kilotons, or nearly 10,000 times ...

This video captured the swirling wind vortexes that formed on the very first day of the eruption at Halemaʻumaʻu Crater on June 7, 2023. Generated by the extreme heat rising from the newly opened vent ...

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is ...

Twelve years ago, a volcanic eruption almost totally wiped out life on an island in the Pacific. Now, in the wake of the devastation, scientists are using genetic analysis to see how flora managed to ...

Each mineral in a volcanic deposit is like a microscopic thermometer that records magma chamber temperature over time.

A new UCLA-led study shows that the 2022 eruption of underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai did not warm the planet as was expected but actually reduced temperatures over the Southern Hemisphere ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jayde N. Hirniak, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) If you were lucky 74,000 ...