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 ...
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.
Viewers watching the US Geological Survey’s livestream of the latest eruption of Kīlauea on Tuesday evening were surprised to ...
Kilauea is one of the world’s youngest yet most active volcanoes, and one of the six active volcanoes in Hawaii ...
Data from Axial, the most-monitored underwater volcano, are helping geophysicists hone eruption predictions. For Axial, 2026 ...
One notable incident came on May 22, 1919, when a barrage of eruptive activity caused a 1,000-kilogram (2,205-pound) block of ...
Scientists warn that hidden volcanoes, including Toba, Taupo, Hayli Gubbi, and Cerro Blanco, may trigger the next global ...
Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...
A volcanic eruption around 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest pandemic the Black Death, scientists say. Clues preserved in tree rings suggest the eruption ...
A big, messy surprise greeted Yellowstone National Park early Saturday morning, just as winter officially began. At around ...