On April 16 Indonesia's Mount Marapi erupted, sending plumes of smoke thousands of metres into the air. The ash column, which rises 2,891 meters above sea level, was observed to be gray with moderate ...

Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone’s potential to blow its stack in the future. Chinese scientists have made a disconcerting find ...

Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Monday with its biggest lava flow in months, sending a river of lava and searing gas ...

KILAUEA, Hawaii (Island News) -- Kilauea's 44th eruption episode ended on Thursday night after spurring lava for over eight hours. The summit of Kilauea was evacuated due to tephra chunks falling in ...

Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted on October 29, 2025, sending plumes of ash and smoke into the sky. The eruption is part of Merapi's ongoing activity, which has been continuous ...

Understanding what triggers large volcanic eruptions is crucial for hazard assessment, but the exact mechanism driving these eruptions is still poorly understood. The prevailing theory is that ...

For the second time this year, a massive volcanic eruption has rained hazardous materials over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii island, leading to an evacuation of the Kilauea volcano’s summit ...

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An unknown volcanic eruption in the mid-14th century may have set the stage for the spread of the Black Death in Europe, according to a new study. By triggering a cool and overcast period in the ...

Semeru volcano — the tallest volcano on Java at 3,676 meters — erupted on the afternoon of November 19, 2025, with pyroclastic flows racing at high speed more than 8.5 kilometers down its slopes, as ...

Currently, scientists struggle to forecast volcano eruption events, as no universally reliable, real-time eruption forecasting framework is available. Instead, researchers often rely on retrospective ...