History has seen some monstrous volcanic eruptions, from Mount Pinatubo's weather-cooling burp to the explosion of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai on the island nation of Tonga. The power of such eruptions ...

Few volcanoes on Earth boast the fantastical title of "supervolcano," but what makes these uber volcanoes so super, and is the superlative always justified? It very much depends on who you ask. A ...

The atmosphere is still feeling the effects of the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga-Tonga volcano in the southern Pacific ...

Around 640,000 years ago, a catastrophic volcanic eruption rocked what is now Yellowstone National Park, reshaping the landscape in ways that still define the region today. Known as the Lava Creek ...

As volcanoes go, the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull on Tuesday, April 13, won’t make the science books. Though scientists haven’t yet been able to gather enough information on the eruption to ...