Scientists warn that Earth faces an unusual danger as glaciers disappear. About 1,000 glaciers vanish each year, and this ...

Climate change is likely to have an explosive consequence: volcanic eruptions. Antarctic glaciers have been slowly melting as temperatures rise, unearthing hidden volcanoes in the process. The ...

On Monday morning local time, a huge cloud of ash, hot gas and rock fragments began spewing from Italy’s Mount Etna. An enormous plume was seen stretching several kilometres into the sky from the ...

The 1815 eruption produced 60 megatons of sulfur, and as a result, average global temperatures dropped by around 3°C (5.4°F).

Volcanoes often give little warning before they erupt, but now scientists have discovered an unexpected early warning sign—trees. This new finding comes from a joint study by researchers from NASA, ...

Scientists from Mexico’s National Autonomous University have created the first three-dimensional image of the Popocatépetl ...

For hundreds of thousands of years, Mount Taftan stood quietly in southeastern Iran, close to the border with Pakistan. At ...

Officials at Yellowstone National Park are shutting down rumors circulating on social media about wildlife leaving the park due to potential volcanic eruptions. Claims about animals leaving ...

The true date of the eruption has long eluded—and vexed—historians of the deadly disaster. Here’s what the archaeological ...