VOLCANOES

Iceland in state of emergency after volcano erupts, fourth time in 3 months

Icelandic police declared a state of emergency on Saturday as lava spewed from a new volcanic fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the fourth eruption...

Volcano on uninhabited Galapagos island erupts, sends lava flowing to sea

A volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos has begun erupting, lighting up the nighttime sky as lava tumbled down its sides toward...

Mercury rising: Study sheds new light on ancient volcanoes’ environmental impact

Massive volcanic events in Earth's history that released large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere frequently correlate with periods of severe environmental change and...

How an unprecedented magma river surged beneath an Iceland town

A river of magma flowed underneath an Icelandic fishing village late last year at a rate never before recorded, scientists said Thursday, as the...

Iceland volcano erupts for second time this year with lava close to power plant

A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the second time this year and the third time since December, pumping lava up to 80 metres...

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi unleashes lava as other volcanoes flare up, forcing thousands to evacuate

Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the...

Volcano eruption in Iceland, volcanologist warns: This could continue for several centuries

Volcanologist Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya, of the University of Leeds, has told the BBC that images coming out of Iceland "are very difficult to believe,...

Indonesian volcano erupts for second time in just over a month

Indonesia’s Marapi volcano has erupted for the second time in weeks, the country’s geological agency said Sunday. According to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral...

Iceland volcano eruption: Drone footage shows scale of disaster as houses are set on fire and jets of lava spray

Drone footage has captured the moment lava flowed into a fishing town and set fire to houses after a volcano erupted in southern Iceland. The...

Volcano erupts in Iceland, sending lava into fishing town

A volcano has erupted in Iceland, sending molten lava flows to the outskirts of a small fishing town and engulfing homes. At least three houses...

Mapping magma chambers under the Hunga volcano before and after the 2022 eruption

A small team of geologists, volcanologists and Earth scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory, in the U.S., the GNS...

What we know so far about the volcanic eruption in Iceland

Scientists anticipated the eruption of a volcano in southwestern Iceland for weeks, so when it happened on Monday night, it was no surprise. The...

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