For a split second, a fireball outshone the rivers of molten lava flowing from the Philippines’ most active volcano.
Indonesian authorities raised the alert level on Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano to Level 3 on May 12, 2026, after instruments ...
A major Yellowstone eruption likely won’t happen for thousands, and potentially millions, of years. Scientists say that the magma underneath Yellowstone is mostly solid and not eruptible. One study ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency plans to issue ashfall warnings and advisories in the event of an eruption on any of the ...
Predicting volcanic eruptions before they occur is valuable for obvious reasons. The earlier scientists detect signs of an imminent eruption, the more time people will have to evacuate potentially ...
The Hunga-Tonga Ha'apai plume, imaged by the Japanese Meteorological Agency's Himawari-8 weather satellite. (Simon Proud/Uni Oxford, RALSpace NCEO/Japan Meteorological Agency) A cataclysmic volcanic ...
Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...