VOLCANOES

You are what you eat, it turns out—even if your last meal was 150 million years ago. While the grub itself may be long gone, a record of dinosaurs' favorite foods has been stowed away in their...
An international research team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and from Buenos Aires and Washington D.C. has identified a new fossil from central Germany, offering fresh insights into the early evolutionary history of archosauromorphs. of...

An Alaskan volcano could help scientists understand why ‘stealthy’ volcanoes erupt without warning

When volcanoes are preparing to erupt, scientists rely on typical signs to warn people living nearby: deformation of the ground and earthquakes, caused by...

Hundreds evacuated as Guatemalan volcano erupts

Guatemalan authorities said Thursday they were evacuating more than 500 people after Central America's most active volcano spewed gas and ash. Residents were moved to...

What made Mount Etna’s latest eruption so rare

Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke and high into the...

Ancient volcanic mystery: 120-million-year-old super-eruption traced back to its source

Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi finally connected the dots between one of the largest volcanic eruptions in...

Kīlauea volcano’s ash prompted largest open ocean phytoplankton bloom, study reveals

When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a plume nearly five miles...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spews fountains of lava in latest eruption episode

Scientists were bracing for high lava fountains Tuesday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. Lava fountains have reached heights...

Mount Kanlaon in Philippines erupts with huge ash cloud

Huge plumes of ash have been sent 2.5 miles into the sky after a volcano erupted in the central Philippines. Mount Kanlaon is one of...

Volcano begins erupting in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated

A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and a geothermal spa, one of Iceland's...

Scientists warn massive US volcano could erupt in weeks

A giant volcano in Alaska is showing signs of an impending eruption. Significantly elevated levels of volcanic gas emissions were recently observed around Mount Spurr,...

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, prompting alert level to be raised

The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia erupted three times into Friday, sending an ash column 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) high and...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumes dazzling show with lava fountains hundreds of feet high

Lava from Hawaii's most active volcano created fountains that reached 700 feet (215 meters) Thursday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption. Kilauea began...

Hawaii volcano again puts tall lava fountains on display in latest eruption episode

An erupting Hawaii volcano once again began shooting fountains of lava that reached hundreds of feet high on Tuesday. Fountains reached heights of 400 feet...

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