Rebecca Williams has received funding from NERC. Dave McGarvie does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and ...

Geologists have determined why — unlike in the neighbouring town of Pompeii — the inhabitants of the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum were not well-preserved by the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius ...

One of the leading killers during explosive volcanic eruptions is a family of superheated gas, ash, and debris known as pyroclastic density currents. These tumbling, turbulent paroxysms rush downslope ...

GUATEMALA’S Fuego volcano erupted to deadly effect on Sunday and the “very, very fast moving” mixture of hot gas and rock means startled locals stuck in the path on the pyroclastic flow “cannot outrun ...