A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping ...

The ash plume disrupted flights as far away as India.

“This process can be likened to a bottle of sparkling water containing dissolved volatiles that exolve when the bottle is ...

This eerie satellite photo shows a "devilish" Russian volcano spewing out a 1,000-mile-long river of smoke into Earth's atmosphere. It is a striking reminder of the volcanic power trapped within the ...

DNA from Icelandic lava flows reveals how microbes move into a brand-new habitat, offering insights into early life on Earth ...

A fossilized vulture feather reveals how volcanic ash can turn fragile tissues into stone with astonishing detail.

Kavachi, an underwater volcano off the Solomon Islands, erupted in spectacular fashion, and this guy was close by to capture ...

Scientists think there are about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes in the world. That’s not counting some of the ones on the ...

Satellite imagery capturing a mysterious thermal anomaly on top of an unexplored volcano at the ends of the Earth sparked excitement among scientists in 2018. Due to the island's remote location and ...

Kilauea in Hawai’i has been in a state of near-constant eruption for decades, providing researchers with a uniquely reliable setting to study one of our planet’s most unpredictable and destructive ...

Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A ...

A volcanologist answers your questions about glass-shard hairballs, cooking breakfast over lava, Gollum's end on Mount Doom, ...