A man clutching an oil lamp, an iron ring, and 10 bronze coins died while trying to shield himself with a bowl as volcanic ...

Earth was once covered by a global magma ocean, which later cooled and crystallised – now traces of this primordial event ...

A submarine eruption north of Papua New Guinea may be building new land while satellites track its evolution from above.

A full Herculaneum scroll "unwrapped" with technology reveals new texts, titles and authors unknown to history and ushers in ...

An eruption of Mount Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily, produced a spectacular lava show that turned part of Europe's ...

Volcanoes reshaping climate Large volcanic eruptions can affect places far beyond the volcano itself. When an eruption sends sulfur-rich gases high into the atmosphere, they form aerosol particles ...

A new detection method called “Jerk” could dramatically improve how scientists forecast volcanic eruptions. By using a single broadband seismometer, the system can detect extremely subtle ground ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) — The on-and-off eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano broke a record Monday with the number of periods it has produced fountains of lava since it began ...

On Monday, June 1, at 4:40 a.m., Episode 48 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at the summit of Kilauea began. The north vent is particularly active this episode, with occasional overflows from the ...

Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island spewed lava again on Monday, sending lava hundreds of feet into the air and setting a new record.According to volcano updates from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, ...