Some disasters don’t just destroy cities—they reshape civilizations. From volcanic eruptions that blotted out the sun to ...

Sunday, May 18 marks 45 years since the disastrous eruption of Mount St. Helens. Fifty-seven people were killed and it remains the deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history. At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, ...

The first study granted access to artifacts in British museums for radiocarbon dating has examined the transition between the Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. One of ...

Around the globe, volcanic giants continue their relentless dance with destruction and creation. These geological time bombs ...

Tephrochronology is a specialised stratigraphic method that utilises volcanic ash (tephra) layers to synchronise, date and correlate geological, palaeoenvironmental and archaeological sequences. By ...

"Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service Staff, El Malpais National Monument." VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS OF EL MALPAIS : A GUIDE TO THE VOLCANIC HISTORY AND FORMATIONS OF EL MALPAIS NATIONAL ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The idea that a single volcanic eruption might have shaped ...

On today's date in 1707, a catastrophic 8.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. This quake may have played a role in the last documented eruption of Mount Fuji.

Astronauts have discovered tiny glass beads, called “Moon beads,” in lunar soil brought back by the Apollo 17 mission. These beads are valuable to scientists to learn more about the Moon’s past. The ...