If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

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

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

The atmosphere is still feeling the effects of the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga-Tonga volcano in the southern Pacific ...

One notable incident came on May 22, 1919, when a barrage of eruptive activity caused a 1,000-kilogram (2,205-pound) block of ...

Mount Semeru in East Java erupted again on January 1, 2026, with an ash column reaching 900m. Its activity level is Level III ...

In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most ...

Taal Volcano in Batangas province stirred from a period of calm over the weekend after registering renewed seismic activity ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

Ash from the explosion may have led to crop failure and famine in southern Europe, leading some Italian cities to import ...