Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding ...

A new study shows eruptions and wildfires altered the upper atmosphere, yet recent surface warming points elsewhere.

When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

How big can volcanic eruptions get on Jupiter’s moon, Io? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets hopes to address as an international team of scientists ...

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is ...

When massive volcanic eruptions occur, they inject millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where it forms sulfate aerosols that scatter incoming solar radiation and result in global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK -When Scott and Pamela Rippel found out scientists were predicting a fountain of lava would erupt ...

(CNN) — A massive eruption at Mt. Etna forced tourists to flee the volcano on Monday after a plume of high temperature gases, ash and rock “several kilometers high” billowed into the air above them, ...

Volunteers agreed to help remove tephra from the roofs, gutters, and water catchment systems of more than 60 homes, which is ...