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Earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska’s largest city raise concerns

An increase in the number of earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska's largest city this year has geologists paying attention. Mount Spurr, about 80 miles...

Unveiling a century of stress and deformation: Insights from Kīlauea Volcano’s 1975 earthquake

Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Department of Earth Sciences assessed an unprecedented 120 years of data from Kīlauea Volcano on Hawai'i...

Volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December. The eruption started with little warning at 11:14...

World’s largest active volcano Mauna Loa showed telltale warning signs before erupting in 2022

Scientists can't know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. That happened two years ago with...

Indonesia volcano catapults vast ash tower into sky

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Saturday, sending a giant ash tower nine kilometers (more than five miles) into the sky, days...

Indonesia volcano erupts again after killing nine day earlier

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Tuesday, blowing an ash column into the sky a day after it spewed fireballs on nearby...

Geoscientists detect rapid uplift at unique volcano in Tanzania

When a volcano is about to erupt, the surrounding land puffs up like a squeezed balloon. The technical term is "transient deformation," and Virginia...

New study disputes Hunga Tonga volcano’s role in 2023–24 global warm-up

New research from a collaborative team featuring Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist Dr. Andrew Dessler is exploring the climate impact of the 2022 Hunga...

The Kanlaon volcano erupts in the Philippines, 2,800 people are evacuated

At least 2,800 people have been evacuated after a volcano erupted in the Philippines. The eruption at Mount Kanlaon, on the Philippine island of Negros,...

VIDEO | Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts after half a century

Footage taken from on board a helicopter over Hawaii's Kilauea shows lava fountaining out from fissures and volcanic gases blowing downwind. Kilauea is one...

Iceland volcano spews lava and smoke for a second day

A volcano south of Iceland's capital Reykjavik spewed smoke and lava for a second day on Thursday although at a significantly slower pace, authorities...

Iceland sees string of volcanic eruptions in last three years

Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula has seen a string of volcanic eruptions since 2021 when geological systems dormant for around 800 years became active again. Experts say...

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