For more than 100,000 years, the Methana volcano in Greece appeared quiet and lifeless. No lava spilled down its slopes. No ash clouds darkened the sky. To anyone watching from the surface, the ...

People have been wondering whether a volcano could simply be plugged with concrete. In reality, there are plenty of reasons ...

For a split second, a fireball outshone the rivers of molten lava flowing from the Philippines’ most active volcano. By Robin George Andrews As night fell over the island of Luzon in the Philippines ...

Predicting volcanic eruptions before they occur is valuable for obvious reasons. The earlier scientists detect signs of an imminent eruption, the more time people will have to evacuate potentially ...

An underwater volcano in the Pacific, Axial Seamount, reveals a process that could challenge current theories about the Earth ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...