Tuesday morning, a cold front goes by mostly unnoticed with breezy conditions and a sprinkle possible. Sunny skies return for ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic showpieces, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious ...

A volcano near the Iran-Pakistan border rose multiple inches between 2023 and 2024 — raising alarm that it may be nearing an ...

Rapid uplifting near the 13,000-foot-tall summit of Taftan shows that this long-dormant volcano is more geologically active ...

An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault, according to USGS. Tectonic plates are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on an edge ...

For decades, the colossal Taftan volcano of eastern Iran appeared a lifeless piece of history. It towered nearly 13,000 feet ...

A single underwater cable the size of a garden hose connected Tonga to the outside world—until a natural disaster struck. And ...

On the islands of Lanzarote, grapevines thrive in the fertile soil created by black volcanic ash. To protect the vines from ...

Two thousand years ago, Alaska’s Mount Okmok volcano spewed ash high into the atmosphere for months. Scientists believe it ...

The USGS said on its website following the quake in July: "Following the M8.8 Russian Kamchatka Peninsula Earthquake, the ...

In late January, something began to stir beneath the idyllic Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, and Anafi. These Aegean ...

Childhood vaccination rates are sliding in communities across the United States, according to an NBC News data investigation. How much vaccination percentages have fallen and where exactly have been ...