The Big Island is home to one of the most lively volcanoes on Earth. And you can see why.

Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass.

A unique, dark-colored glass found inside the skull of a Roman killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is his brain—cooked into a fossil by an ash cloud. This is the horrific revelation of an ...

Sep. 30, 2024 — The Hunga Tonga underwater volcano was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, and now, two years later, new research has revealed its main ... Extinct Volcanoes a ...

Experts hope the minerals they find via this method will “power green, renewable energy sources for a sustainable future.” ...

Scientists suggest that ancient volcanic eruptions might have played a crucial role in oxygenating Earth. By studying ...

Mount Spurr in Alaska – rising some 3,370 meters or 11,070 feet above sea level  – could be about to erupt, with the number ...

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