Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava ...

A new international study has found that Indigenous oral traditions, some thousands of years old, hold valuable and often ...

An underwater volcano violently erupted in the South Pacific in 2022. The chemical reaction that happened afterwards could show humans how to slow global warming.

Mount Etna in Italy is one of the most well-studied volcanoes in the world. It has been erupting for thousands of years, and ...

Researchers analyzed satellite imagery of the volcanic plume and found evidence that the potent greenhouse gas had broken down. The work could inform artificial interventions aiming to mitigate global ...

Volcanic processes encompass the generation of magma in the mantle, its ascent through the crust and the eventual release of gas, liquid and solid phases at the surface. Magma forms when mantle ...

Instead of forming a towering peak, the Campi Flegrei volcano is a giant 13 kilometer wide crater known as a caldera.

Volcanic eruptions result from the ascent of magma from subsurface reservoirs to the Earth’s surface, where variations in pressure and volatile content determine whether eruptions are effusive or ...

A bright streak of light explodes above the glowing slopes of Mayon Volcano at 10:33 p.m. on May 25, 2026. (afarTV/YouTube) It's not every day that our planet erupts in a fiery outpouring from the ...

Over the last year and a half, the historic episodic eruption at the summit of Kilauea has had 49 episodes of lava ...

Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego erupted last week and sent hikers scurrying in fear with lava spewing from the top of the active volcano. It had last erupted ...

A volcanic eruption could destroy the Icelandic town of Grindavik or lead to extensive ash clouds, experts have warned. The country has been shaken by more than 800 small earthquakes today alone, ...