Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On ...

Common sense tells us to run from molten lava flowing from active volcanoes. But MIT professors J. Jih, Cristina Parreño Alonso, and Skylar Tibbits ...

This is a repost from the archives, an older post by Henrik which has been updated to reflect more recent findings. Did you know there are 255 volcanoes or volcanic features listed in the US?

With a competent guide, active volcano treks are both safe and worth the climb. Here are some of the biggest active volcanoes ...

Lava flows blanket wide swaths of Ethiopia, while seismic swarms mark places where new crust is forming. Eventually, researchers say, seawater will flood in. The Horn of Africa will split from the ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Let us not feel so special—for we too, shall pass on. This life-changing revelation unlocked, I take a final look at Mount Vesuvius—a volcano that at first obliterated, but eventually saved the ...

Here's how. Artificial intelligence is helping to solve an ancient mystery from the Roman Empire involving scrolls from a library that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

Streams of red hot lava spewed from Mount Etna, covering the sky in black smoke and ash early on Sunday (July 7).

The lava flow cocktail, a combination of bananas, strawberries, pineapple juice, and rum, blew me away with its beauty and undeniably delicious flavor.

I know not alone in this fascination. Ever since travel industry pioneer Thomas Cook took the first group of tourists to see Mount Vesuvius in 1841, volcano tourism has been a thing.