A new international study has found that Indigenous oral traditions, some thousands of years old, hold valuable and often ...

An underwater volcano violently erupted in the South Pacific in 2022. The chemical reaction that happened afterwards could show humans how to slow global warming.

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A volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused a global climate crisis, and it led to the publication of the world's first true ...

Around 74,000 years ago, Earth experienced one of the most devastating volcanic events in its recent history. The Toba supereruption, centered in what is now Indonesia, blasted 672 cubic miles of ...

A 2021 satellite photo shows an unusual series of concentric cloud rings that appeared directly above an erupting volcano on ...

Kilauea burst back to life on Monday morning, setting a new record at one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

Scientists have shed light on a thermal process in magma that may help explain why similar volcanic systems can produce very different eruptive behaviors. An international team, led by The University ...

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano shot out lava for the 49th time that we know of.

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...

Over the last year and a half, the historic episodic eruption at the summit of Kilauea has had 49 episodes of lava ...

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