Researchers at Diamond Light Source have used advanced imaging to look at microscopic crystals, called nanolites, to see what ...

Volcanic eruptions remain one of Earth’s most dramatic natural phenomena, characterised by explosive discharges of ash, gas and pyroclastic materials that play a critical role in shaping the ...

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events ...

The study of volcanic eruptions and their atmospheric effects offers critical insights into both natural hazard assessment and atmospheric dynamics. Explosive volcanic events not only discharge ...

Dormant volcanoes across the Earth could become more active and erupt more violently as the climate crisis accelerates glacier retreat, scientists warn in a new study. The research, presented on ...

One of the most active volcanoes in the world is living up to its reputation: Kilauea is gearing up to erupt again.

It's concerning enough that glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica—including the infamous Doomsday Glacier—are melting at an accelerated rate, causing the ocean's great "conveyor belt" to pump the ...

Satellites soaring high above Earth have revealed exactly how wispy clouds are created by the giant plumes of ash belched upwards in a volcanic eruption. Volcanoes play a vital role in the cycles ...

A volcano on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for the first time in at least 400 years. The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash more than 3.7 miles into the sky, ...

Kilauea is on Hawaii Island, the largest of the archipelago and about 200 miles south of the state’s largest city, Honolulu.