Discover how Mauna Loa supervolcano could impact Hawaii and beyond. Learn about past eruptions, new prediction methods, and global consequences.

New research suggests that Earth’s orbital variations—the slow changes in its tilt, axial precession, and shape of its ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that ...

In 2019, researchers spotted what they believed to be a 'petit-spot volcano' on the Pacific plate. These 'petit-spot' volcanoes are young phenomena that come into being due to fissures occurring ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory said signs indicated a Mount Spurr eruption was likely, though not certain, in the weeks or ...

Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

the JMA issued a tsunami advisory only after the ocean waves reached Hachijojima. Although it was pointed out that the tsunami could have been triggered by an underwater volcanic eruption or a ...

Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...

The volcanoes that form where tectonic plates are pulling apart are now seen at midocean ridges, which are places under the ocean where two pieces of crust move away from each other. Two major ...

Several past eruptions were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid ...