This discovery can help improve forecasts, risk maps, and response plans.

It's not every day that our planet erupts in a fiery outpouring from the ground and the sky at the same time and same place.

The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

A Mount Rainier lahar could reach nearby towns in about 30 minutes, making volcanic mudflows a major Cascade Range hazard.

One of the world's most active volcanoes could begin erupting again over the holiday weekend, according to the U.S.

Satellites captured footage of an underwater volcano eruption in a part of the sea that remains largely a mystery.

Learn about the underwater volcanic eruption that is disrupting waters near Papua New Guinea, potentially setting the stage for a new island to emerge. A new island could soon pop up in Oceania thanks ...

Social media videos are stoking fears about a catastrophic eruption in central Oregon, but the science tells a different story.

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Three years into a volcanic crisis that has upended life across Albay province, tens of thousands of Filipino families are ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...