Replicating any pyroclastic density current in a lab is very difficult, but this team’s state-of-the-art experiments advance the field by investigating a wider range of possibilities than ever ...

A pyroclastic flow – a powerful avalanche of hot rock, ash, and gas – was witnessed on Mount Etna surveillance cameras at around 11:30am local time on Monday, according to Italy’s National ...

ROME – A huge plume of ash, gas and rock spewed forth on June 2 from Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, but the authorities said there was no current danger to the population.

They didn’t make it, in the end the pyroclastic current arrived, a violent flow of very hot ash that filled every room here, as elsewhere.” ...

At these temperatures, their soft tissues were vaporised, leaving only skeletons and charcoal. 'The Doom of the Alban Hills' a digital painting representing a possible scenario of the moments before ...

Homepage news Munster UCC study finds never-before-seen preservation of animal tissue in volcanic rock ...

‘The Doom of the Alban Hills’ a digital painting representing a possible scenario of the moments before the vulture carcass was entombed in the pyroclastic current. Art by Dawid A. Iurino.

Fossilized feathers discovered 136 years ago are still revealing new secrets. Researchers found that the volcanic rock preserving the feather holds microscopic details preserved within the fossil ...

‘The Doom of the Alban Hills’ a digital painting representing a possible scenario of the moments before the vulture carcass was entombed in the pyroclastic current. Credit: Dawid A. Iurino, edited ...

The temperatures of the pyroclastic current, while boiling, did not top 465°C and would have cooled down over a longer period of time, researchers wrote.

Since April 2024, there has been an increase in the number of earthquakes detected beneath the volcano, to around 30 a week. While this doesn't necessarily indicate an eruption is imminent ...