The science of predicting volcanic eruptions can genuinely save lives – potentially, a lot of lives – and researchers have ...

This was the start of the dream of KMT: The Krafla Magma Testbed, named for the volcanic system in Iceland. It’s a dream that ...

Current projections suggest an eruption could occur by year-end ... Current forecasts project that the volcano, known as Axial Seamount, could erupt anytime between now and the end of the year ...

It’s one of the world’s largest supervolcanoes, and recent work out of the University of New Mexico led to a breakthrough ...

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano delivered a spectacular display on May 25 as lava fountains shot over 1,000 feet into the sky during ...

And, making things even more complex, there’s a multitude of different gases that might make pressure build up before an eruption ... in the hot little heart of a volcano? It sounds absurd, and yet… “ ...

Vog forms when sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and other volcanic gases react chemically with atmospheric moisture, oxygen, sunlight, ...

Scientists are using satellite data to monitor tree health near volcanoes. Trees absorb volcanic carbon dioxide, which makes ...

Current forecasts project that the volcano, known as Axial Seamount ... The volcano is remote enough that even a strong eruption would be undetectable on land. “There’s no explosion or ...

The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in southern Washington claimed 57 lives and blasted the terrain of old-growth spruce over an area of 229 square miles. The blast and ensuing debris ...