MANILA--About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted ...

A volcanic eruption does not always involve molten rock bursting from a familiar cone.

Scientists recreate magma and water reactions in a lab to understand explosive volcanic eruptions and improve hazard ...

Volcanoes often look deceptively quiet until the moment they unleash towering plumes of ash and gas, yet the precise switch that turns a gentle rumble into a devastating blast has remained stubbornly ...

Mount Etna intensified on Monday, Aug. 10, sending abundant volcanic ash south-southwest from its summit and disrupting incoming flights at Catania Airport as the eruption continued. The latest ...

Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava flows. Others erupt violently, sending ash and molten rock high into the sky.

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes. A study to be ...

Kanloan Volcano on Negros Island emits a plume of ash during a moderate explosive eruption on Thursday, July 9, 2026, as seen from neighboring Iloilo City. — Photo from Iloilo City Disaster Risk ...

Researchers at Diamond Light Source have used advanced imaging to look at microscopic crystals, called nanolites, to see what they can tell us about volcanic eruptions. Highly explosive eruptions ...