Ecuadorian authorities have been placed on alert after a 1,500-meter column of steam, gas, and ash emanated Sunday from the Cotopaxi volcano, it was reported.

A volcanic eruption that began on Monday near Iceland’s capital grew overnight and more magma and gas emerged than at the start of prior eruptions at the site.. Lava flows have since eased ...

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In Iceland, a Volcanic Monster Fumes as Researchers Race to Understand Its Dangers We take you down below Iceland's erupting surface with the researchers who are trying to understand what's going ...

In 1650 CE, the Greek island of Santorini was devastated by the eruption of an underwater volcano called Kolumbo.People first noticed the water boiling and changing color and a cone poking out of ...

In East Java, Indonesia, hundreds of miners risk illness and death to mine sulfur, or "devil's gold." We head to Ijen volcano to find out why.

Volcanic fumes might linger over East Hawaii for the next few days even as the latest eruption of Kilauea has paused. Gas emission levels were still higher than normal, however, and Hilo residents ...

The Italian authorities carried out a drill of their plan to save a half-million people from toxic fumes, deadly quakes or a full eruption. Vesuvius isn’t the volcano they’re worried about.

Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and burn it up? Many reasons, mainly because a lot of volcanos can't reach the right temperatures.

Volcanic fumes might linger over East Hawaii even as the latest eruption of Kilauea has paused. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported Friday evening that the most recent eruption of Kilauea ...