Two friends were hiking on the Dukono volcano on the Indonesian island of Halmahera when an eruption occurred. Instead of ...

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In 2018, the side of the Anak Krakatau volcano collapsed in a powerful eruption and produced a tsunami that killed hundreds ...

Mount Spurr, whose volcanic ash darkened Anchorage’s skies in 1953 and 1992, may be building toward another eruption.

When most of us think about active volcanoes in the U.S., Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier and a few others will first come to mind. However, one of the most active volcanoes in the region is about a ...

The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...

What is the collective noun for a group of volcano scientists? While some tongue-in-cheek responses might be “an eruption of ...

An eruption of Mount Churchill today similar to previous major plumes would bring much of the Northern Hemisphere to a ...

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Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.