Volcanoes inspire awe with spectacular eruptions and incandescent rivers of lava, but often their deadliest hazard is what ...

Scientists said “episode 18” of Kilauea volcano’s ongoing eruption began and ended Wednesday night, with a lava flow that ...

Awed by a volcanic eruption she witnessed as a child, Arnhildur Pálmadóttir now aims to help architects re-imagine what’s ...

Ash clouds are made of tiny particles that were lofted into the atmosphere from a volcanic eruption and can have a huge impact, even thousands of miles from the eruption.

When a large volcano erupts, as Mount Spurr appears close to doing about 80 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, it can ...

Ash may lack the visual impact of flowing lava, but as a geologist ... lasts longer and leaves deep scars. Volcanic ash forms when viscous magma – molten rock from deep beneath Earth’s surface ...

UNESCO designated 16 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network to 229 in 50 countries. The network ...

These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

Imagine stepping into a silent forest where trees have stood for millions of years—yet not a single leaf rustles in the wind.

Mount Spurr volcano, near Anchorage, Alaska, is showing increased activity. Scientists have detected a swarm of earthquakes ...