Where Volcanoes Are Born Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and ...

A volcanic explosion, somewhere in the tropics, may have increased European trade with central Asia—which brought fleas ...

On November 23, 2025, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia erupted in dramatic fashion. The shield volcano in the ...

Top middle photo: view of the new puʻu a few days after episode 36 on November 10. Top right photo: scientist takes a precise ...

Tephra formed by lava fountains during the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption has created a new puʻu, or hill, southwest of ...

The eruption’s sulfur dioxide cloud moved eastward, reaching India on November 25 and remaining detectable until December 1, ...

A North Allegheny graduate is participating in an effort at the University of Rhode Island aimed at predicting volcanic ...

For millions of years, volcanoes have been the most powerful force in nature. And for many in the West, the impact of ...

Austin feels laid-back. The small down-town area has bars and restaurants with live music of varying quality. One person does morning percussion on the sidewalk. There are quite a few self-driving ...

Yellowstone National Park is an excellent laboratory for exciting planetary science research, write columnists R. Greg ...

While their blasts can no doubt wreak devastation, they also create a fresh canvas that fosters life of every hue. Stephen Wilkes documented an eruption in Iceland for 21 hours straight, making images ...

Volcanic risk is usually framed around a handful of famous names, yet the most disruptive eruptions in human history have often come from mountains that were barely on the public’s radar. The real ...