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

Lava fountains surged as the Kilauea volcano erupted in Hawaii. Dramatic footage shows lava and molten rocks bursting through ...

Italy's Phlegraean Fields is a hotspot of volcanic activity—an ever-shifting landscape pocketed with acidic hot springs. This ...

which means it's shaped like a shield rather than a steep-sided cone volcano. Its caldera at the top is a few miles wide and long, and about 300 feet deep. Unlike other volcanoes around the world ...

Residents and visitors should minimize exposure to these volcanic particles, which can cause skin and eye irritation,” the agency warned. Other significant hazards remain around the caldera ...

One of the most active volcanoes in the world sits just a few hundred miles off the U.s. West Coast, and some scientists believe it’s only a matter of time before it erupts again – maybe even before ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is currently spewing fiery red-orange lava up to 250 feet high from its north vent – in what’s ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island roared back into action the night of Feb. 3 after a 6-day pause in eruptive activity, with ...

Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, which means it's shaped like a shield rather than a steep-sided cone volcano. Its caldera at the top is a few miles wide and long, and about 300 feet deep. Unlike ...