Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the ...

A vast eruption beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean has been confirmed as the largest volcanic event ever recorded on the ocean floor. The 2012 explosion at the Havre volcano, near New Zealand, ...

Kilauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH.

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, ...

New Cornell University led-research challenges the long-standing belief that active volcanoes have large magma bodies that are expelled during eruptions and then dissipate over time as the volcanoes ...

Due to a weird quirk of geology, New Mexico's Bandera Volcano Ice Cave never warms above 31 degrees Fahrenheit, even when ...

A new algorithm developed in Spain can identify volcanic warning signals and even forecast when eruptions are likely to fade.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A long-dormant volcano erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar ...

POPOCATÉPETL VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect ...

Volcanic soil is toxic in just about every way. But these worms have remarkably homogenous DNA.

A long-dormant mud volcano erupted in Diglipur, Andaman Islands, prompting safety restrictions. Officials have cordoned off the site as scientists monitor continuing geological activity.

The detailed archive will provide interesting insights into Antarctica's ice dynamics and weather patterns.