Beaches around the world come in many colors, from the familiar golden and white sands to rarer hues like pink, red, and even ...

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December on Monday ...

The climate-altering eruption came from the Zavaritskii volcano on an uninhabited island in the Pacific that once hosted a ...

The world’s most active volcano is at it again after Hawaii’s Kilauea began its seventh episode of its ongoing eruption, with ...

The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent ...

Unraveling the mystery of the unknown volcanic eruption of 1809 and its surprising impact on the global climate.

New Cornell University led-research challenges the long-standing belief that active volcanoes have large magma bodies that ...

black and white layers of past eruption deposits. Photo: Oleg Dirksen The 1831 eruption was so powerful that it formed the caldera (the hollow basin) that dominates the volcano today. The cooling ...

The 1831 eruption occurred at Zavaritskii volcano on Simushir Island. The explosion generated a 1.87-mile-wide caldera, revealing red, black and white layers made up of past eruptive deposits.

Expansive lava flows in the Sáttítla Highlands was captured by satellites ahead of the recent designation of the area as a national monument.

Volcanoes and earthquakes are both natural phenomena driven by the dynamic processes that shape Earth’s interior and surface.

Scientists have identified the “mystery volcano” that erupted in 1831 and cooled Earth’s climate. They have linked it to an island volcano in the northwest Pacific Ocean.