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On June 14, 1914, three men climbed Lassen Peak to see why a seemingly dormant volcano had started rumbling 16 days before. Now, peering into a newborn crater, they felt the ground tremble.
The 11,000-foot-tall active volcano Mount Spurr, about 80 miles west of Anchorage, has experienced 22 earthquakes since April 10, leaving scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory unable to ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 3 after its explosive eruption on December 9.
The largest volcanic eruption in human history resulted in a few years of warm weather, according to an analysis of ancient sediments, and not a severe volcanic winter as some researchers had ...
MANILA, Philippines — Alert Level 3 remains raised over Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island after 10 volcanic earthquakes were recorded within its vicinity in the past day. This report comes from ...
The recent eruptions of Poás Volcano in Costa Rica have significantly disrupted tourism in nearby communities, including Poás, Poasito, Fraijanes, Vara Blanca, and Los Cartagos. Although these areas ...
Graphic showing the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge (red line) and how melting ice from Greenland caused changes in the motion of Earth's crust (purple arrows). (Image Credit: Tao Yuan and Shijie Zhong) ...
This morning at approximately 5:15 a.m., Poás Volcano erupted yet again, producing a significant ash plume that soared 3.5 kilometers above the crater, according to the Volcanological and ...
Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...
Ever been mesmerized by the swirling colors of Grand Prismatic Spring and wondered what fuels that otherworldly boil? It turns out that beneath the wild expanse of Yellowstone National Park lies ...
A surveillance camera caught the moment the active Poas volcano in central Costa Rica erupted early on Wednesday morning, April 23. Footage streamed live by the University of Costa Rica’s National ...