ATHENS, Greece — Increased volcanic activity in Greece’s famed tourist hotspot of Santorini has prompted the country’s civil protection minister to call a meeting with local and disaster ...

It was also the site of one of largest volcanic eruptions in human history, which took place in the Bronze Age around 1620 BC, destroying a large part of the island and giving Santorini its current ...

FILE - Ruins of a settlement, including a former Catholic monastery, lie on the rocky promontory of Skaros on the Greek island of Santorini, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began a new series of eruptions in December 2024. The world's most active volcano, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, resumed its latest eruption on Wednesday. Volcanic activity ...

Scientists have visited Spain's Canary Islands to better prepare Auckland for a volcanic eruption. An 85-day eruption in La Palma in 2021 saw 160-million cubic metres of lava bury hundreds of homes.

MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano erupted in a minor phreatic event early Wednesday morning, January 22. It’s the third eruption from the volcano this year, Phivolcs reported. Two weeks after ...

MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano in Batangas had a phreatic eruption Wednesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its latest update ...

The eruptions were occurring when the extinction took place, and even extinctions in the deep sea appear to be linked with the volcanic activity. Much like other periods of intense volcanic ...

In Norway, scientists have found blue rings in trees that hint at how volcanic eruptions disrupted growth throughout history. Credits: Credits: Havardtl, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Scientists ...

Volcanic eruptions were cataclysmic in centuries past, from the 43 B.C. eruption of a volcano in Alaska that caused failed harvests in the Mediterranean for years, to the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount ...