New seismic imaging shows magma lingering beneath quiet Cascade volcanoes, shaping how scientists monitor and plan for eruptions.

Author Tommy Orange rings in the New Year at the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii—and reflects on what we can learn from the land ...

Learn how geological clues preserved in ancient oceans link repeated volcanic eruptions to Triassic marine extinctions.

A once-in-12,000-years volcanic eruption in Ethiopia sent ash plumes drifting as far as India and China. Intense monsoon rains triggered severe flooding across parts of India and Pakistan. Indonesia ...

A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

New research suggests Hawaii’s volcanoes are fueled by a deep mantle plume that splits, drawing from different Earths.

A NASA satellite image shows a volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula that has awoken after more than 400 years of slumber. Krasheninnikova first began spilling lava and spitting up ash on the ...

How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations – known as tremor – that occur when magma or gases move upward through a volcano's conduits? Professor Dr. Miriam ...

The power of volcanoes to change Earth’s climate may not be as ancient as previously thought. Throughout our planet’s history, the climate has fluctuated between “icehouse” and “greenhouse” conditions ...