One notable incident came on May 22, 1919, when a barrage of eruptive activity caused a 1,000-kilogram (2,205-pound) block of ...

Record Numbers Define the Current Volcanic Crisis The Ring of Fire has witnessed over 50 volcanic eruptions between mid-2023 and early 2024, with 47 volcanoes remaining in continuing eruption status ...

Scientists from Mexico’s National Autonomous University have created the first three-dimensional image of the Popocatépetl ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped ...

For much of 2025, an underwater volcano off the Oregon coast was treated as a geological ticking clock, with forecasts suggesting it could erupt at almost any moment. Instead, the year is ending ...

Dec. 23, 2025 marks one year since the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea began, bringing glowing displays of lava and fountains sometimes as tall as the Empire State Building.

The 1815 eruption produced 60 megatons of sulfur, and as a result, average global temperatures dropped by around 3°C (5.4°F).

Researchers at the University of Arizona have captured a rare process by which life claims a brand-new environment.

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's ...