In a recent study, researchers dated a historic lahar called the Electron Mudflow to the summer of 1507, establishing a way ...

Several volcanoes around the world are being woken up on purpose. The mission? To use volcanic eruptions to protect the Earth ...

An island could form in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea, as a new underwater volcano erupts close to the surface.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists can tell whether a volcano is about to erupt from the greenness of the trees around it, with more vibrant leaves ...

Two weeks ago, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three distinct, short-lived explosions in less ...

When a volcanic fissure opened near Grindavik in 2023, lava fountains shot 100 meters into the air and nearly threatened the ...

Earth was once covered by a global magma ocean, which later cooled and crystallised – now traces of this primordial event have been found in magma from a young volcano in the Indian Ocean ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped ...

Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A ...

The 2009 eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano, Kuril Islands, viewed from the International Space Station. A new study says that a similar eruption was behind a cooling event with worldwide effects 200 ...

Volcanologist Martin Mangler explains how volcanic eruptions work to push lava into the air. Listen on the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.

Two weeks ago, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three distinct, short-lived explosions in less than five minutes at Taal Volcano. The eruption sent a column of ash and ...