A new analysis shows that a deadly mud volcano in Indonesia may not have been a natural disaster after all. The research lends weight to the controversial theory that the volcano was caused by humans.

Our guide had been clear. “Don’t take anything into the volcano,” she said. “Anything you bring will be destroyed.” Below me loomed the Cartagena Mud Volcano – or Volcán de Lodo El ...

We start our tour beside the mouth of Deveboynu volcano, or “Neck of the Camel.” The land around is parched, but inside the crater, a muddy slurry – called mud breccia – is bubbling gently.

The world’s most destructive mud volcano was born near the town of Sidoarjo, on the island of Java, Indonesia, just over 11 years ago – and to this day it has not stopped erupting. The mud volcano ...

Read the original article. The world's most destructive mud volcano was born near the town of Sidoarjo, on the island of Java, Indonesia, just over 11 years ago—and to this day it has not ...

Indonesian plans to plug a mud volcano that has displaced more than 10,000 people by dropping clusters of concrete balls into it is unlikely to stop the flow, a Japanese scientist said Tuesday.

A team of researchers from Norway, Switzerland, and Indonesia say the mud volcano hasn't stopped oozing because it's connected to a nearby volcanic system. Mud volcanoes and igneous (lava spewing ...

INCREDIBLE camera footage caught the moment an active mud volcano exploded and spewed a fiery column of lava in a rare show. Terrified locals were heard screaming and shouting after an eerie ring ...

Lava flows tumbled from the volcano, melting snow and prompting a warning of mud flows along a nearby highway while villages were carpeted in drifts of grey ash as deep as 8.5 centimeters ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank. Satellites show that the island ...

Stretching to the horizon, the gray-white earth rises in peaks, like a well-whipped meringue petrified into mud and rock. Skip to main content You have permission to edit this article. Edit ...