The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 3 ...

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 ...

A supervolcano eruption could be one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in human history. From global climate shifts ...

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 ...

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

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected beneath Mount Spurr in the past week, increasing the odds of an eruption at the ...

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

A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

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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.