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.

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

Mount Etna’s past eruptions reveal that a single volcano can erupt through very different underground pathways.

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for what powers Yellowstone and other supervolcanoes. Instead of a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, a broad “mantle wind” may push hot rock beneath ...

A fountainous Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii was accompanied by a small tornado-like vortex that spun up right next to the lava light show.See it in the video above.Nicknamed a "volnado," the ...

An underwater eruption has spread vast ‘rafts’ of pumice through the Bismarck Sea, hampering marine travel and wreaking uncertain long-term consequences.

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 ...

This satellite image from January 16, 2022, reveals formaldehyde in blue. The volcanic plume from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano traveled over the South Pacific. van Herpen et al. (2026) Hunga ...

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 ...