VOLCANOES

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spectacularly erupts after three-month slumber

Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting after a three-month pause, sending out spectacular fountains of mesmerising, glowing lava...

Volcanic activity in the Garrotxa region ended only 8,300 years ago, reveal new studies

A research team has carried out a study on paleoclimatic evolution, volcanic activity and its socio-ecological impact in the Garrotxa Volcanic Field (Girona). The...

Shaking roofs, frayed nerves as Mexico’s ‘Popo’ volcano rumbles

Miguel Angel Atenco tries to ignore the vibrations, falling ash and fiery night-time shows from the volcano towering over his Mexican town, and carry...

Volcano rumbles near Mexico City, coating towns with ash, disrupting flights

Towering a few hours from one of the world's largest cities, the Popocatepetl volcano has been coating nearby towns with ash and disrupting flights...

Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupts, spewing ‘avalanche’ of lava

Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava more than two kilometers from the crater. Dramatic images of lava pouring...

Deadly volcanic flow insights could aid forecasting

The discovery of the driving force behind the world’s deadliest volcanic events could help improve forecasting of their devastating effects, new research suggests. The findings...

Eruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world

An international team has used satellite- and ground-based ionospheric observations to demonstrate that an air pressure wave triggered by volcanic eruptions could produce an...

Threatening 22 million people, Mexico’s Popocatepetl is a very closely watched volcano

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano rumbled to life again this week, belching out towering clouds of ash that forced 11 villages to cancel school sessions. The residents...

Colombia urges evacuation near volcano

Authorities in Colombia on Saturday recommended that towns closest to a rumbling, notorious volcano be evacuated, ahead of a a possible eruption. The Disaster Risk...

Is Colombia’s deadly Nevado del Ruiz on the verge of a major eruption?

Hundreds of villagers who live in the shadow of the Western Hemisphere's deadliest volcano, Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz, have been on edge for nearly...

Do volcanoes add more carbon than they take away?

In a new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Zhong and colleagues discovered that a volcano in northeast China emits a...

2022 Tongan volcanic eruption was largest natural explosion in more than a century, new study finds

The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study led...

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