What started as breathtaking social media footage has turned into a deadly thrill-seeking trend claiming lives faster than authorities can issue warnings.

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Natural disasters were among the most destructive events faced by medieval societies. Earthquakes, floods, storms, and volcanic eruptions could devastate entire cities in an era without modern warning ...

As the year 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on the historic past year of volcanic activity on the Island of Hawaii. Thirty-eight episodes of lava fountaining at the summit of Kilauea remind us that ...

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About 290 miles off the coast of Cannon Beach, Oregon, lies an underwater volcano called Axial Volcano. Axial erupts about once every ten years. Twice in the past year, news outlets have reported that ...

Whenever Mt. Hood erupts, Portland will be glad to have David George. As a U.S. Geological Survey mathematician, George models landslides and lahars at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, ...

When a volcano is dormant, it typically doesn't tend to make much noise. However, the Iliamna Volcano in Alaska is defying what we thought we knew about volcanos by rumbling despite being marked ...