A Hawaiian volcano has shot a lava fountain 1,000 feet into the air, closing highways and parts of a National Park. Located on the Big Island, Kilauea has been erupting since December 2024, with 43 incidents recorded since then.

From the rice paddies of South Asia to the wheat fields of northern China, summer monsoon rains sustain the livelihoods of billions. Yet these vital rains fluctuate dramatically from decade to decade—a variability that has long puzzled climate scientists.

Guatemala's Volcano of Fire is erupting, prompting authorities to evacuate nearly 300 families and warn that an additional 30,000 people in the area could be at risk. The eruption of "Volcan de Fuego" began overnight, with no immediate reports of casualties.

MANILA: A volcano erupted in the central Philippines on Thursday evening, sending a billowing plume of ash about 2,500 metres (1.5 miles) into the nighttime sky. The two-minute eruption began at 7:04pm (1104 GMT), state volcanology agency director Teresito Bacolcol said, saying “there might be a bigger explosive eruption in the next few days”.

One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected animal populations. A new study of a catastrophic volcanic eruption during the Ice Age has found that mammoths,

Scientists compare volcanic cones on Earth and Mars to explain how gas-rich magma forms scoria cones. Spacecraft observations and Earth analog sites provide evidence of similar eruptive processes.

Volcanic eruptions may have set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe, according to new research. Clues contained in tree rings have identified 14th Century volcanic activity as the 'first domino to fall' in a sequence that led to ...