Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

For a split second, a fireball outshone the rivers of molten lava flowing from the Philippines’ most active volcano.

Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks shook the same area. "A descent of hot lava is observed on the western ...

Multiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon.

At any given time, 20 to 50 of these active volcanoes are erupting. The proximity of people and buildings makes it important to study volcanoes and understand the hazards. The center of the Earth is ...

A funnel cloud of spinning ash was caught on camera over the weekend, whirling around an eruption from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Kilauea, located in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, experienced a ...

Nature's destructive power was on full display in the Philippines, as a dazzling meteor burned through the atmosphere above ...

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists predict Hawaii's Kilauea volcano to erupt in the near future after an eruption May 25 sent lava spewing more that 1,000 feet into the sky. Since December 2024, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Impressive images released by French authorities showed the moment lava from an erupting volcano on Reunion Island flowed into the ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

There are very few places on Earth where you can watch new land being formed. Two of the planet's most active volcanoes — Kilauea and Mauna Loa — are in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big ...