A powerful eruption from Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent a massive ash plume over 3 miles into the sky, covering cities and prompting urgent warnings. Roads disappeared under thick ash, and large ...

Taftan volcano in southeastern Iran rose 3.5 inches over 10 months, signaling that it is waking up after 700,000 years of ...

(Reuters) - The latest bursts of molten rock, ash and toxic gas from Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii are part of an ever changing and still largely mysterious cycle of eruptions that have ...

Volunteers agreed to help remove tephra from the roofs, gutters, and water catchment systems of more than 60 homes, which is ...

Researchers have discovered that large volcanic mountain ranges appear to play an important role in the global carbon cycle. With rapidly shifting climate conditions, the planet's ability to absorb ...

A massive aquifer is stored just beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades – possibly the largest aquifer of its kind in the U.S., according to researchers at the University ...

The journey for volcanic rocks found on many volcanic islands began deep within the Earth. Brought to the Earth's surface in eruptions of deep volcanic material, these rocks hold clues as to what is ...