Mount Etna’s ancient eruptions followed radically different paths, with some magma lingering near the surface for weeks while ...

About 7,700 years ago, Mount Mazama’s climactic eruption pushed pyroclastic flows as far as 43 miles down every valley ...

In 2022, the eruption and collapse of an underwater volcano in Tonga caused a devastating tsunami that killed four people, disrupted seafloor ecosystems and damaged critical seafloor ...

Microscopic clues in volcanic ash reveal how magma breaks apart, heals, and sticks back together during explosive eruptions.

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes. A study to be ...

It was an explosive model. UK scientists raised alarm bells after drawing up an apocalyptic play-by-play detailing what would happen if the famed Yellowstone supervolcano blew its stack. “A ...

Guatemala has declared a nationwide orange alert after Fuego Volcano entered a more explosive phase, prompting evacuations, school closures and road shutdowns as lava and ash threaten nearby ...

After a cluster of volcanic activity in Indonesia and the explosive eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, old videos resurfaced in posts falsely claiming they showed the recent ...

Explosive volcanic eruptions can be as destructive as they are difficult to predict, launching pyroclasts—the fragments of magma and rock blasted from a volcano—into the air and surrounding areas.

Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of exploding. One of the most explosive volcanoes in U.S. history began its ...

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