What is the collective noun for a group of volcano scientists? While some tongue-in-cheek responses might be “an eruption of volcanologists” or “a swarm of seismologists,” we’ll stick to “an assembly ...

Ethiopia is grappling with an escalating seismic crisis as a series of earthquakes linked to the East African Rift raises fears of a potential volcanic ...

Geologists visited the Kilauea volcano crater in Hawaii to collect lava samples. Officials from the United States Geological ...

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected beneath Mount Spurr in the past week, increasing the odds of an eruption at the ...

An eruption of Mount Churchill today similar to previous major plumes would bring much of the Northern Hemisphere to a ...

A little-known volcano on a remote Pacific island may have been the source of one of the 19th century’s most powerful ...

When temperatures drop, 'ice volcanoes' rise. That's what's happening right now across upstate New York, and one of the most well-known formations that appears during cold winters is in Letchworth ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

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Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have ...

Greek officials have declared a state of emergency, and tourists and locals have fled the tourist island of Santorini amid ...

A new volcanic hotspot on Jupiter’s moon Io has been detected, releasing six times Earth’s total energy output.