The Axial Seamount is a miles-wide undersea volcano that towers more than 3,600 feet over the seabed. Though it last erupted in 2015, it has a history of more than 50 eruptions over the past 800 ...

There are several dormant volcanoes under Antarctica's ice sheet that may unleash their fury when reckless human behavior ...

Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered ...

Earth’s climate over millions of years is shaped by both internal forces, like volcanic activity, and external ones, such as ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), there are about 1,350 volcanoes worldwide that have the potential to erupt. That doesn't count undersea volcanoes, which would add another several ...

The Big Island is home to one of the most lively volcanoes on Earth. And you can see why.

The main two hazards of a volcano eruption would be ash clouds that could ... ash the explosions produced rose up to 65,000 feet above sea level and deposited about 6 mm of ash in Anchorage ...

A new look at an ancient eruption at Campi Flegrei raises new questions about the propensity of the still-active volcano, ...

A new tool created using AI could help forecast volcanic eruptions around the world, following breakthrough research from a ...

Kilauea, located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu, is one of five volcanoes that make up the Big Island of Hawaii. The volcano's summit is about 4,091 feet (1,247 meters) above ...

A geologically dynamic region in the Great Rift Valley is closely watched by scientists as a fascinating natural laboratory.

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.