Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes. A study to be ...

Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks shook the same area. "A descent of hot lava is observed on the western ...

*Last weekend’s seismic upheaval in Russia’s Far East has rewritten geological expectations: the Krasheninnikov volcano, dormant for centuries, has roared back to life. As an op‑ed for a broader ...

About 7,300 years ago, Kikai produced the Kikai-Akahoya eruption, a giant event that released an estimated 133 to 183 cubic ...

Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone’s potential to blow its stack in the future. Chinese scientists have made a disconcerting find ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater about once a week since late last year, delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a firehose of molten rock.

Discover the 25 strangest geological formations on Earth, from pink lakes to stone forests. Explore bizarre natural wonders ...

An earlier version of this story was published in 2024. It looks like just another hill in Sussex County, but you wouldn’t have wanted to have been standing there 420 million years ago. That’s about ...

The ocean wasn't the only thing making waves in the Philippines this week. On July 30th, Taal Volcano, one of the country's most active volcanoes, produced a dramatic phreatomagmatic eruption that ...

Volcanoes are some of the most powerful natural forces on Earth, capable of reshaping entire regions in a matter of hours.Their true impact is typically measured by the communities they effect.