Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to forecast major eruptions? So far, the opportunity has been lacking. VEI-7 eruptions are rare: we have not seen one since Tambora in April 1815. To make a right ...

Last week’s “Volcano Watch” article reviewed the lava fountaining eruption of Kilauea Iki in 1959. This week, we’ll continue looking back in time at the next episodic lava fountaining eruption in ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano had its latest eruption on Jan. 12, flowing lava for nearly 10 hours and attracting heavy traffic to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The volcano began erupting at 8:22 a.m.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again on Wednesday for the 39th time in a year, continuing to be among one of the world’s most active volcanoes. The eruption began on the anniversary of Episode 1 at ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the erupting fountains at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano were spewing lava as high as 1,250 feet. The glowing fountains created a visual spectacle at the west ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s ...

Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s underwater; and secondly, it’s extremely active. Kavachi, it’s called. And ...

Dramatic video of Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii captured the moment a USGS camera was buried in a spectacular lava fountain. The camera, located about 2,000 feet away from the volcano vent, captured the ...

It was the 38th eruption since the current series began in December 2024. Another spectacular eruption at one of the most active volcanoes in the world has destroyed the live camera volcanologists use ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma – and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure ...

After more than four centuries of lying dormant, the Krasheninnikova volcano erupted in August, sending clouds of ash to the skies. Since then, volcanic plumes have continued to emerge from the site, ...