From the rice paddies of South Asia to the wheat fields of northern China, summer monsoon rains sustain the livelihoods of ...

Hawaii Island’s Kīlauea Volcano erupted for the 43rd time on March 10, issuing a rare Ashfall Warning. This isn't the first ...

When particles in volcanic ash cloud rub together, some pick up positive charge and others negative – now physicists have finally elucidated how these different charges are determined ...

The Laacher See volcano in Germany has emitted a new deep signal, and scientists are analyzing changes beneath the surface ...

Scientists discovered Hawaii’s deep mantle plume is splitting, which may create two future volcanic island chains.

A new detection method called “Jerk” could dramatically improve how scientists forecast volcanic eruptions. By using a single broadband seismometer, the system can detect extremely subtle ground ...

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Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano was putting on a spectacular show Tuesday evening, with its latest eruptive episode producing arching bands of red lava higher than some skyscrapers ...

One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.

For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath layers of ice. But now, as climate change accelerates and glaciers retreat, ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...