Ash Shrouded Skies: Powerful Volcanic Eruption at Mount Ruang
A powerful volcanic eruption lofted ash high into the atmosphere and spread tephra and other volcanic debris across the small island in Indonesia. Ruang is…
A powerful volcanic eruption lofted ash high into the atmosphere and spread tephra and other volcanic debris across the small island in Indonesia. Ruang is…
Research using isotopic analysis of Io’s atmosphere suggests the moon has been volcanically active since the Solar System’s formation, influenced by tidal forces from Jupiter…
The latest fissure eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula was the largest of four recent bouts of activity near the town of Grindavík. Lava poured from…
An in-depth study of the submerged volcanic deposits surrounding Japan’s Kikai caldera shed light on both the mechanisms of deposition and the scale of the…
Toba supereruption may have facilitated the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa and across the rest of the world. Modern humans dispersed from Africa…
A Landsat satellite acquired this image of discolored water drifting from the active underwater volcano. Kavachi is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in…
A deeply eroded giant volcano, active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base, had been hiding near…
A volcano on Fernandina, an uninhabited island dense with wildlife, is lighting up the night sky with the glow of lava. Fernandina, the youngest of…
Lakes and lava flows fill the depression atop this geologically young stratovolcano in eastern Türkiye. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this photo…
Mars’s complex volcanism, driven by vertical tectonics, provides insights into ancient crustal recycling, offering new perspectives on both Martian and Earth geology. Volcanoes are a…
A new study indicates that a combination of volcanic activity and oceanic purification processes drove Earth’s ecosystems to a tipping point. Diverse and full of…
The latest round of eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula destroyed homes in the town of Grindavík. Volcanic activity reawakened on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern…
A new study shows that magma and water have jointly sculpted the Columbia River Gorge, with magma still influencing its landscape today. University of Oregon…
Features in this northern British Columbia volcanic area draw their names from a few of our favorite wintry things. Pack some winter footwear and a…
The Alaskan stratovolcano has not come to life in thousands of years. Frosty is a stratovolcano located in Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain. Although the volcano…
Two years after the eruption of Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands, some roads have been reconstructed. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS)…
After weeks of warnings, a new fissure has opened on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland. The waiting is over. After weeks of ominous earthquake…
Even in a quiet dormant phase, a volcano can rapidly become active and its eruption can pose a previously unknown threat to the surrounding area….