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.

Ashfall and sulfurous fumes were also observed in local communities surrounding the volcano. At least 14 volcanic earthquakes were also reported during the eruption, prompting officials to issue a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gas sensors signal changes in volcanic fumes, and GPS sensors monitor and measure ground deformation. ALSO SEE | Washington state's volcanoes ranked among nation's most hazardous.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Some volcano tourism veers close to disaster or dark tourism. In 2010, 353 people died and more than 400,000 people lost their homes when Indonesia ’s Mount Merapi erupted.

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 ...