Trees growing near to an active volcano face an uncertain future for several years after an eruption, a study has suggested. A reduced ability to absorb essential nutrients from the soil and lower ...

The 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano may have been triggered by the release of underground energy totaling as much as five nukes exploding all at once, scientists have found. Until this ...

Mount Lassen, the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range and a favorite for backcountry adventurers, is bracing for up to 10 feet of snow as a bomb cyclone slams Northern California. Major ...

The explosion was so powerful that it was equivalent to hundreds of atomic bombs and sparked the fastest moving underwater current on record. It rated at least VEI-5 on the Volcanic Explosively ...

A "lava bomb" has struck a tour boat in Hawaii ... The lava is from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, which erupted in May and has been spewing out gas and molten rock ever since. The explosion left ...

Sometimes eruptions are explosive and lava is thrown out as volcanic bombs. Hotspots are places where the magma rises up through the crust. They are caused by a static source of magma, often away ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland – Scientists in Iceland are closely monitoring the latest volcanic eruption, which began late Wednesday on the Reykjanes Peninsula. Cameras positioned around the Sundhnúkur ...

How likely is an eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano in the USA? Researchers who interpret early warning signs predict an eruption. A huge magma chamber lies dormant beneath the Earth's crust.

At least 10 people have been killed after an enormous volcano erupted in Indonesia last night. Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki spewed thick brown ash 6,500ft into the air as hot "ash bombs" rained down ...

An underwater volcano near the South Pacific island nation of Tonga erupted on January 15. The eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, Nasa ...