Learn more about the volcanic ash researchers found in the sediment around Lake Mead's now exposed shoreline, and how it ...

Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggest new ways to forecast evolving hazards in ...

Geoscientists have published a large review paper in the journal Science that highlights the capacity of current models to ...

Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological ...

There’s no geological artist quite like Earth’s plate tectonics. Thanks to this ongoing operation, we have mountains and oceans, terrifying earthquakes, incandescent volcanic eruptions, and ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki‑laki erupted on Tuesday, June 17, sending a towering ash plume up to 11 km into the sky, which ...

Kanlaon has indefinitely suspended entry within the six-kilometer extended danger zone of the volcano during certain periods ...

Volcanic hazards vary in severity depending on the size and extent of the eruption and whether the eruption is occurring in a populated area. Volcanos are classified by similar characteristic ...

During an eruptive event, the near-real-time monitoring of volcanic explosion onset and its mass flow rate (MFR) is a key factor to predict ash plume dispersion and to mitigate risk to air traffic.

The December 18 explosion is the region’s fourth in three years—and has fired out 10 times more lava per second than any of the past three at their peaks. Here's what happens next.

The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is once again erupting in a dramatic display, with lava shooting up to 1,000 feet into the air, ...

Update at 2:47 p.m. June 20, 2025: Lava fountains peaked at dizzying heights of well more than 1,000 feet during the early morning today (June 20) after the onset at 2 a.m. of the latest eruptive ...