Officials evacuated tourists from Grindavík and surrounding areas; over 100 locals remained This marks the ninth eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, which is prone to seismic activity, since the end ...

Great Sitkin Volcano sits in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, under busy flight paths between Asia, North America, and Europe. Lava ...

A long-debated platinum spike in Greenland ice is best explained by volcanic activity rather than a cosmic impact, reshaping ideas about what triggered the Younger Dryas cooling. An unusual platinum ...

A newly analyzed set of climate data points to a major volcanic eruption that may have played a key role in the Black Death’s arrival. Cooling and crop failures across Europe pushed Italian states to ...

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources." ...

The Taftan volcano in Iran frequently expels gas, but has not erupted. A volcano that has been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years could be gearing up for a massive explosion, according to new ...

When you think of the United States, images of sprawling cities and vast landscapes might come to mind, but not the hidden and ever-present geological threat: volcanoes. While you might associate ...

Although researchers did predict the Axial Seamount would erupt in 2025, people on the Pacific coast shouldn't worry about its impact. Axial's eruptions are akin to the ones in Hawaii in which runny ...

From fertile farmlands to fiery skylines, these communities choose to live on the edge of Earth’s most powerful forces.

How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma or gases move upward through a volcano's conduits? Professor Dr. Miriam ...