Volcanoes might seem like nature’s incinerators, but using them to burn up trash would be dangerous and disrespectful to indigenous people who view them as sacred.

Since 2021, Iceland’s volcanos have been erupting lava flow every year on average, a sharp rise from the previous five-year standard. On Wednesday, November 20, a volcano near Iceland’s capital ...

The molten material can be a menace of destruction in nature, but a geologist and an artist are investigating how it maneuvers. A stream of molten lava gleams red. Credit: All photos courtesy Jeffrey ...

Above: Toxic clouds of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide gas spread over the Leilani Estates neighborhood from the eruption of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island on May 6, 2018 in Pahoa, ...

I was recently emailed a question that really is a sign of the times: namely, can lava kill the coronavirus? I don’t suspect that anyone, including the sender of said email, was planning to sterilise ...