In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...

"Do not try to climb the volcano, as explosions occur that throw incandescent fragments," Mexico's disaster agency said.

Known as volcanic vortex rings, these floating hoops are actually made of water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide—not ...

Researchers found a unique seismic signal just before the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, ...

Japan's Mount Fuji has finally regained its trademark signature snowcap, following a record-breaking period of high ...

Instead, an 8-mile-wide caldera – riddled with volcanoes – is recessed in the earth and sea west of Naples, forming what is called the Campi Flegrei, or “burning fields.” Most experts ...

"Island volcanoes can generate tsunamis ... Secrets of the seamount Scientists may never know exactly what caused the gigantic, "caldera-forming" eruption, but Ichihara believes that the process was ...

First identified by archaeologists in 1978, the site was initially found to be home to at least 70 hominin footprints ...

Mud volcanoes form when deep, hot water within the earth begins to mix with underground mineral deposits, creating thick mud that is then expelled to the surface due to local pressure imbalances.

When plumes of magma well up through Earth's lithosphere, they create volcanoes, islands, seamounts, and other features on ...

Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years.

It may not be guaranteed that the Mt. Fuji snowpack will end up at a historical low this year but that was the case in 2016 ...