1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption: It happened in the crater just north of the volcano’s caldera, lasting only about a month with 17 ...

Where Volcanoes Are Born Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Satellites can now detect one of the first signs that a volcano is about to erupt. | Credit: Gani ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Mount Etna erupted with a massive plume of ash that rose above Catania in Sicily. | Credit: ...

As global temperatures increase because of climate change, glaciers around the world are melting—contributing to rising sea levels, more extreme weather events, and habitat loss for all sorts of ...

Kilauea in Hawai’i has been in a state of near-constant eruption for decades, providing researchers with a uniquely reliable setting to study one of our planet’s most unpredictable and destructive ...

“It’s amazing. This is some of the best eruptive activity that’s ever happened here in, you know, modern times,” Ken Hon, scientist-in-charge for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano ...

The latest Mount Etna eruption triggered an avalanche of volcanic material and sent ash miles into the air. Spectacular photos and videos capture the eruption of Europe's largest active volcano. When ...