Kīlauea’s 2026 eruption shows increased lava fountains and ash spread, with volcanic plumes affecting communities up to 50 miles away. Learn how episodes drive the activity.

A volcano on Atka Island in the Aleutians has been showing increasing signs of unrest over the past two weeks, and scientists say the uptick in activity is significant enough to warrant a closer watch ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported brief lava fountaining activity on Monday at Mayon Volcano as its effusive eruption continues for 70 days. In its latest ...

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Helgi Hjorleifsson, a firefighter, is a leader in a national experiment to steer rivers of lava away from important sites.

I n its latest eruption event, Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano sent a fountain of lava 540 meters (1,770 feet) up into the sky in what is a new record for this eruption, which began in December 2024. Some of ...

The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 remains one of the most powerful volcanic disasters ever recorded. The explosion destroyed much of the island and triggered tsunamis that devastated coastal ...

It is sometimes said to be the highest volcano in Europe. There is an obvious problem with that: El Teide is not in Europe. It may be Spanish, but the location is in the Canary Island which ...

The Echinus Geyser is a hot spring located in Norris Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park, measuring around 660 feet (200 metres) across. During the 1970s it would erupt for up to 90 minutes at a ...

Visual observations have been a backbone in studies of volcanoes, from 2,000 years ago to now. They remain fundamental to understanding how volcanoes work, and technological advancements, such as ...

A massive volcanic eruption can cool the planet within months. What happens next may take centuries. Currently, this potential consequence is a large part of current research being conducted on the ...