A volcano is a mountain that opens downward to ... When pressure from gases within the molten rock becomes too great, an eruption occurs. Eruptions can be quiet or explosive.

July 26, 2024 — New research is exploring the climate impact of the 2022 Hunga Tonga volcano eruption and challenging existing assumptions about its effects in the ... June 26, 2024 ...

At least 10 people including a child have died in Indonesia following a series of powerful volcanic eruptions that destroyed homes and a Catholic convent, authorities said. The eruptions ...

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When Mount Ruang in Indonesia underwent multiple explosive eruptions last week, volcanic gases were flung so high they ...

Maumere, Indonesia — Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people had died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores.

Far less known is there was a time, nearly 200 million years before dinosaurs first roamed the Earth, when a volcanic eruption reshaped the landscape. “You don’t typically think of New Jersey ...

A volcanic eruption is when steam or lava is released from a volcanic vent. It can be notoriously difficult - with devastating consequences - to know when an explosion might happen, especially ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A series of volcanic eruptions of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Indonesia’s remote island of Flores killed nine people and injured dozens of others, as buildings crumbled ...

Scientists in Iceland have warned that a volcanic eruption could soon happen on the island. Since late October 2023, there's been an increase in earthquake activity in the region around Reykjavik ...

MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano has been experiencing extended periods of phreatic eruption events over the past three days, according to state seismologists at Phivolcs. From October 13 to ...

A small phreatic eruption event was reported in Taal Volcano on Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said on Thursday. In its bulletin, PHIVOLCS said the ...