Guatemala's Volcano of Fire has begun erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another ...

Mount Semeru in East Java erupted nine times on Sunday, with the latest eruption sending an ash column up to 800 metres above its summit and triggering pyroclastic flows that travelled 3.5 kilometres ...

Massive volcano in Japan refilling 7,300 years after eruption, offering new insight into supervolcano behavior and future risks ...

Far beneath the ocean near Japan, scientists have discovered that the magma system linked to the most powerful eruption of the Holocene is slowly rebuilding. By using seismic imaging, researchers ...

Kīlauea, one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii, had a series of violent steam explosions in 1924, and scientists discovered the cause.

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. This photo shows the gap between the south (left) and ...

Scientists have recently discovered how magma behaves beneath active volcanoes, opening up new possibilities for targeted ...

Geochemical analysis of erupted tephra samples over the past decade help scientists understand the temperature of Kilauea’s shallow magma system under the summit — and things have been “heating up!” ...

Scientists discover a hidden structure beneath Australia that explains the origin of its strangest and most scattered volcanoes ...

Around the world, volcanologists are following the path of magma as it travels between connected volcanoes, in an effort that ...

Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the ...

If only there were a simple trick to stop a massive volcano from spewing out lava. Like maybe plugging it up with good old ...