A volcano in Russia's far east on Wednesday spewed ash several kilometres into the sky, authorities said, putting on a ...

Forecasting volcanic eruptions in time to alert authorities and populations remains a major global challenge. In a study ...

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources." ...

Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help planners anticipate future mudflows.

The volcanic hot spot is larger than Lake Superior, spewing eruptions six times the total energy of all of the world's power plants.

(CNN) — The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new ...

Scientists are monitoring a city of Chicago-sized swath of rising ground at the northern volcanic rim of the Yellowstone ...

Learn more about the past eruptions at Yellowstone National Park and how each new eruption displaced evidence of the past.

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There have been five major extinction events that have fundamentally changed how ...

Water in Pompeii’s Roman baths was contaminated, reveals new research. Limescale deposits in the buried city’s wells, pipes, ...