If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

The way a volcano is filled with boiling hot magma can help improve forecasts of how it will next erupt. Scientists working on a Mexican volcano found that the amount of time it recharged with magma ...

Volcanoes often look deceptively quiet until the moment they unleash towering plumes of ash and gas, yet the precise switch that turns a gentle rumble into a devastating blast has remained stubbornly ...

For the first time in recorded history, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia’s remote Danakil region has erupted. Located southeast of the well-known Erta Ale volcano, Hayli Gubbi had no documented ...

Geoscientists have long thought that water – along with shallow magma stored in Earth’s crust – drives volcanoes to erupt. Now, thanks to newly developed research tools at Cornell, scientists have ...

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano continues to erupt with explosive activity. On June 2, an eruption sent an ash column some 19,000 feet into the air from the volcano's crater. Caleb Williams on ...

The ongoing eruption of the La Palma volcano has reminded many of the threat volcanoes pose, having destroyed more than 2,500 buildings and displaced thousands of people. But thankfully, it doesn't ...

AN EXPLOSIVE eruption has taken place at Hawaii’s Kilauea with residents ordered to take shelter as the volcano sends a plume of ash 30,000ft into the sky after causing a series of earthquakes and ...

Momotombo has lain dormant since 1905 but erupted spectacularly this week, throwing out lava and smoke Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our newsletter We have ...

Stay updated on the latest Bogoslof volcano eruptions, which continue to showcase explosive volcanic activity in Alaska. Changes at Bogoslof in Alaska since new eruptions started on December 16, ...

For the first time in recorded history, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia's remote Danakil region has erupted. Located southeast of the well-known Erta Ale volcano, Hayli Gubbi had no documented ...