For many, the word “eruption” brings to mind 1980 when Mount Saint Helens demonstrated that the Washington Cascades are one of the most volcanically active parts of the country. Mount Saint ...

Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption arguably took place in AD 79, killing up to 16,000 people in the Gulf of Naples, Italy. But more than 2,000 years before this, the 2,000ft volcano suffered ...

Residential settlements in the red zone prone to disasters affected by the eruption of Mount Ibu in Sangaji Nyeku Village, West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, January 18, 2025. ANTARA/Andri Saputra ...

But AFP traced the image back to Spanish news agency EFE's database, where it was identified as being taken on Mount Etna in 2004. Greek experts have said the Santorini tremors were not linked to ...

ANCIENT footprints of people who fled a fiery eruption of Mount Vesuvius 3,000 years ago have been unearthed by accident. The markings had been made more than 1,000 years prior to the volcano's ...

Although the chances of a major eruption in New Zealand are low – the last time NHC settled claims related to volcanic damage was in 1996 following the Mount Ruapehu eruption – the scale of ...

The huge caldera—6 kilometers in diameter and 1,100 meters deep—formed when Tambora’s estimated 4,000-meter-high peak was removed, and the magma chamber below emptied during the 1815 eruption ...

Known for its catastrophic eruptions in the distant past, this natural wonder continues to fascinate scientists and visitors alike. Recent studies have revealed subtle but intriguing activity deep ...

The scroll, named PHerc. 172, is one piece to a larger puzzle — for years, researchers have pursued restoration of the Herculaneum papyri, a series of over 1,800 scrolls burned and carbonized during ...

Mount Ibu, on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, sent a column of smoke up to four kilometers (2.5 miles) into the sky in an eruption Wednesday. Indonesian officials raised ...

These marks were likely made as animals and people tried to flee an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Researchers also discovered a range of historical treasures alongside the footprints, including ...