Known as the Pythia or the Oracle of Delphi, the priestess wasn’t believed to be a psychic. Ancient writers like Plutarch, ...

During Kilauea summit lava fountaining episode 41, residents and visitors shared their observations of tephra falling via email, phone calls, and on social media. A new online tool, “Is Tephra Falling ...

“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and Big Island volcanic activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Hawaiʻi Island residents and ...

POPOCATÉPETL VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect ...

Satellite images from Sentinel-5P and Meteosat-12 captured the ash plume spreading across the region.ESA Earth Observation/X The Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia erupted explosively on Sunday, November ...

Mike Cassidy receives funding from the UK's Natural Research Research Council. He is the Co-founder and Chair of the Global Volcano Risk Alliance charity. The next global volcanic disaster is more ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

Researchers thought that Axial Seamount might erupt in 2025, but recent data suggest the underwater volcano could take a bit longer to blow its top. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

A circular scar on Alaska’s face speaks to an event that may have contributed to the fall of societies on the far side of the world. Two thousand years ago, Alaska’s Mount Okmok volcano spewed ash ...

In a science lab on the fourth floor of UTSA's Multidisciplinary Studies Building, UTSA students engage in meticulous choreography around a glowing furnace, melting rocks to produce lava. The task ...