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

1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption: It happened in the crater just north of the volcano’s caldera, lasting only about a month with 17 ...

Data from Axial, the most-monitored underwater volcano, are helping geophysicists hone eruption predictions. For Axial, 2026 ...

Popocatépetl emerged in the crater of other volcanoes in its current form more than 20,000 years ago and has been active since 1994, spewing plumes of smoke, gas and ash more or less daily. The ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again, marking the one-year anniversary of a continuous on-off volcano eruption. More than 1 ...

In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, one of the world ...

A muddy eruption at Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park has been captured on camera. The video was recorded by ...

Experience the leading edge of nature's drama as Mount Etna thunders into action in a spectacular eruption that draws ...

This story was updated on Dec. 24, 2025. A year ago on Dec. 23, 2024, one of the world’s most active volcanoes awoke.   That ...

Viewers watching the US Geological Survey’s livestream of the latest eruption of Kīlauea on Tuesday evening were surprised to ...

One notable incident came on May 22, 1919, when a barrage of eruptive activity caused a 1,000-kilogram (2,205-pound) block of ...

A big, messy surprise greeted Yellowstone National Park early Saturday morning, just as winter officially began. At around ...