Paleontologists have unveiled a 30,000-year-old vulture fossil in Italy, preserved in volcanic ash, showcasing microscopic ...

For several years now, we've been following a tantalizing story indicating that the high heat of the ash cloud generated when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD was sufficiently hot to turn one of the ...

It was one of the largest volcanic events in recorded history ... The eruption also released a massive amount of ash and ...

Volcanic "bombs" are chunks of semimolten lava that fly ... Cinder cones are simple volcanoes that form where vents, or openings, spit out ash and lava. They can be cone- or oval-shaped, usually ...

What makes the eruption of Mount Spurr particularly concerning for the airline industry is the fact that it has been known to emit copious amounts of volcanic ash into the atmosphere during ...

MANILA, Philippines — Magma is now coming out as ash from Kanlaon Volcano. The large amounts of volcanic ash the volcano scattered across Negros might just be useful. All that ash need not go to ...

Volcanic ash: Unlike the fluffy bits that linger after a camp fire, volcanic ash is made up of tiny fragments of rock and shards of glass. It’s damaging to lungs and can form a hefty blanket ...

Fresh magma has intruded into the Earth’s crust underneath Alaska’s Mount Spurr, 75 miles west of Anchorage, increasing the likelihood of an eruption within the near future, government ...

The new Nishinoshima further expanded. A large-scale eruption occurred in 2020, spewing out volcanic ash. Smaller eruptions have since continued. Today, the island is about 4 square kilometers ...