People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the scolding lava, ash, and gas that poured from its entrails converted the Roman city of Pompeii into a terrifying snapshot of death and destruction. Two ...

Kilauea's volcanic activity on Wednesday marked the fifth episode since the latest eruption began in December 2024.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has a YouTube live feed of the eruption taken from a safe distance that shows the full ...

The aviation color code over the area has been changed from green to yellow as a precaution, the Icelandic meteorological ...

Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern Europe, according to a new study.

An eruption that produced one of the largest impacts on climate over the past 250 years has finally been matched with a volcano.

PHOTO BY M. ZOELLER / COURTESY USGS A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist is silhouetted by the illuminated gas plume emanating from Halemaumau crater on Wednesday during the fifth episode of ...

New study suggests rise of ancient city Tiwanaku coincided with major volcanic event in Lake Titicaca Basin's vicinity ...

Trees need a certain number of warm days in their growing seasons to grow properly; otherwise, the cell walls of new growth ...

Ethiopia's Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The ...

Volcanic eruptions were cataclysmic in centuries past, from the 43 B.C. eruption of a volcano in Alaska that caused failed ...