On the flanks of Washington State Mount Rainier, a spike in seismic rumbling has revived an old, unsettling question for the ...

Data from Axial, the most-monitored underwater volcano, are helping geophysicists hone eruption predictions. For Axial, 2026 ...

A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping ...

For much of 2025, an underwater volcano off the Oregon coast was treated as a geological ticking clock, with forecasts ...

An international assessment report has been released to provide definitive statements on the atmospheric impacts from a huge ...

This assessment shows how Hunga’s water-rich plume reshaped the stratosphere in ways not seen before,” said Tim Naish, Chair ...

MILAN (AP) — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke and high into the sky. But the defining event of Monday’s ...

A newly analyzed set of climate data points to a major volcanic eruption that may have played a key role in the Black Death’s arrival. Cooling and crop failures across Europe pushed Italian states to ...

New research suggests a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried imported grain to fill the gap came plague-carrying fleas.

ST. LOUIS — Nearly 2,000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman city of Pompeii and its residents under 15 feet of ash and volcanic debris. The Saint Louis Science Center and ...

The latest Mount Etna eruption triggered an avalanche of volcanic material and sent ash miles into the air. Spectacular photos and videos capture the eruption of Europe's largest active volcano. When ...

An erupting volcano may have kicked off a chain of events that led to the swift dance of the Black Plague across Europe in the 14th century, in a pandemic that killed tens of millions of people. New ...