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

A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping climate science.

On the flanks of Washington State Mount Rainier, a spike in seismic rumbling has revived an old, unsettling question for the Pacific Northwest: what happens when the region’s most dangerous volcano stirs within reach of a major metro area.

A volcanic explosion, somewhere in the tropics, may have increased European trade with central Asia—which brought fleas carrying the bubonic plague.

This assessment shows how Hunga’s water-rich plume reshaped the stratosphere in ways not seen before,” said Tim Naish, Chair of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee.

An international assessment report has been released to provide definitive statements on the atmospheric impacts from a huge volcanic eruption in 2022.

A volcanologist answers your questions about glass-shard hairballs, cooking breakfast over lava, Gollum's end on Mount Doom, and more.

A 1956 eruption collapsed much of the Bezymianny volcano in Kamchatka, Russia, but frequent eruptions since — including a large event in November — means it has now almost completely regrown. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

An erupting volcano may have kicked off a chain of events that led to the swift dance of the Black Plague across Europe in the 14th century, in a pandemic that killed tens of millions of people. New analyses of tree ring data, ice cores and historical ...

ST. LOUIS — Nearly 2,000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman city of Pompeii and its residents under 15 feet of ash and volcanic debris. The Saint Louis Science Center and POMPEII: THE EXHIBITION provide an up-close look at the ...