Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, is erupting for a second straight day, spewing towering ...

A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland began Monday night after weeks of intense seismic activity. This marked the the first time in 50 years that a largely populated area had to be fully evacuated ...

Some cities just happen to exist uncomfortably close to volcanoes. That kind of proximity affects routines, infrastructure, and how people think about risk. Scientists surveil shifting ground and ...

More than 10,000 tourists made their way to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park this year to see the volcano Kilauea erupt three times. These recent eruptions are effusive eruptions, which refer to an ...

The most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest is the Axial Seamount. It’s located 300 miles west of Astoria, Oregon, and a mile under the ocean. It’s erupted three times in the past 25 years. And ...

Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, and one of only two in Antarctica. Its summit is 12448 feet. The volcano was discovered and named by Sir. James Clark Ross in January of 1841.

On August 24, A.D. 79, the residents of Pompeii encountered a horrifying sight: a behemoth pillar of smoke, ash, and volcanic material rising 10 miles from the summit of Mount Vesuvius, which had lain ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii — Lava began bubbling Monday through the crust of one of the world’s most active volcanoes — Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island. The eruption was confined to the ...