The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

Researchers analyzed satellite imagery of the volcanic plume and found evidence that the potent greenhouse gas had broken down. The work could inform artificial interventions aiming to mitigate global ...

The underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, which sent a tsunami hurtling towards Tonga following a massive eruption on ...

Over the last year and a half, the historic episodic eruption at the summit of Kilauea has had 49 episodes of lava ...

A massive volcanic eruption can cool the planet within months. What happens next may take centuries. Currently, this potential consequence is a large part of current research being conducted on the ...

Residents near active volcanoes across the Indonesian archipelago face repeated ash advisories, flight disruptions, and evacuation orders as the country’s official monitoring system has recorded 2,336 ...

Scientists have shed light on a thermal process in magma that may help explain why similar volcanic systems can produce very different eruptive behaviours.

Scientists have shed light on a thermal process in magma that may help explain why similar volcanic systems can produce very different eruptive behaviors.

On June 17, 2026, in Antigua, Guatemala, @Kaleyekiyor shared a video showing tourists getting dangerously close to an eruption at Volcán de Fuego. In the video, the author and other hikers are near ...

It is generally assumed that volatile-rich magmas erupt predominantly effusively at water depths of several hundred meters, as the high hydrostatic pressure suppresses explosive activity. This view is ...

In a.d. 79, the world's most dangerous volcano buried the town of Pompeii. The next blast could be much bigger.