Volcanoes are Earth’s special effects department, constantly proving that reality can be more dramatic than Hollywood. Lava flows like glowing rivers, ash clouds turn skies into apocalyptic paintings, ...

Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...

Lava is molten rock from a volcano that reaches the Earth’s surface. Liquid rock below the Earth’s surface is referred to as magma. More than 50% of the world’s active volcanoes above sea level ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters) into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. For now, ...

Indonesia was struck by massive earthquake and volcanic eruption this past week. The citizens took it in stride. They're used to such events. But there are a few facts about volcanoes that even ...

An Oct. 13 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows conservative media personality Stu Burguiere talking about climate change with Joe Bastardi, a meteorologist and skeptic of CO2-driven ...