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

This story was updated on Dec. 24, 2025. A year ago on Dec. 23, 2024, one of the world’s most active volcanoes awoke.   That ...

Viewers watching the U.S. Geological Survey’s livestream of the latest eruption of Kīlauea on Tuesday evening were surprised ...

Volcano Kilauea's puahiohio are swirling columns of ash and volcanic debris, often mistaken for tornadoes but formed by ...

A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping ...

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

One notable incident came on May 22, 1919, when a barrage of eruptive activity caused a 1,000-kilogram (2,205-pound) block of ...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said it is closely tracking the fallout of the massive Hayli Gubbi ...

Data from Axial, the most-monitored underwater volcano, are helping geophysicists hone eruption predictions. For Axial, 2026 ...

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

A big, messy surprise greeted Yellowstone National Park early Saturday morning, just as winter officially began. At around ...

Scientists warn that hidden volcanoes, including Toba, Taupo, Hayli Gubbi, and Cerro Blanco, may trigger the next global ...