A detailed geophysical study published in Nature in by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has refined our understanding of the Yellowstone supervolcano, uncovering new insights into its subsurface ...

Volcanic eruptions can have dramatic consequences. But how can we anticipate this phenomenon, which unfolds up to tens of ...

The Toba supervolcano theory suggests that a huge eruption 70,000 years ago almost led to the extinction of humanity.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has resumed its eruption by shooting an arc of lava high into the air and across a section of its ...

Detecting a signal within earthquake waves called shear-wave splitting may improve early warning systems for volcano ...

Ceramic artifacts and a bread oven made from repurposed materials show how survivors of the Mount Vesuvius eruption returned ...

And every volcanic eruption releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, triggering a gnarly environmental feedback loop.

Those volcanic eruptions could then cause even more climate impacts by spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which will then melt more glaciers. Though individual volcanic eruptions may ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with a sudden wave of volcanic sediment, leaving them suffocated.

Pillars of hot rock connect moving BLOBS in the deep Earth to giant volcanic eruptions at its surface.