Global temperatures can plummet after a large eruption, if the sulfur spewed out by the volcano forms enough aerosol ...

The outcome is a spectacular vortex of dark smoke caused by the large lava fountains to create a "volnado" phenomenon.

The current eruption in Halema‘uma‘u Crater within Kilauea’s summit caldera began on Dec. 23, 2024. Since then, 35 episodes ...

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific was so powerful that its shockwaves left the planet and reached space, new research shows. The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of the ...

While many science books would have you believe the Earth's lower mantle—the layer deep below the crust—is smooth, it's actually made up of a mountainous-like topography that moves and changes just ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in Indonesia erupted on Tuesday afternoon. South-central Indonesia is under high alert after a volcanic eruption Tuesday afternoon. The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki ...

Volcanic eruptions can destroy essential infrastructure, ground air traffic for days, wipe out entire cities, disrupt the climate for years, and even wipe out life on Earth, so it's important to know ...

Volcanic eruptions remain one of Earth’s most dramatic natural phenomena, characterised by explosive discharges of ash, gas and pyroclastic materials that play a critical role in shaping the ...

Small volcanic eruptions might be part of the reason why the pace of global warming hasn’t kept up with previous predictions, a new study published in Nature Nature Geoscience suggests. Eruptions of ...

Throughout history, volcanic eruptions have had serious consequences for human societies such as cold weather, lack of sun, and low crop yields. In the year 43 BC when a volcano in Alaska spewed large ...