A thick mist does its best to dampen our spirits as we gather in the car park at the top of the Hartside Pass, the lofty ...

Can using explosives to divert volcanic destruction actually work? The first try in Hawaii set the stage for more attempts, but conditions for success are extremely rare. An aerial view shows a bomb ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii- The saga continues as Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano erupts for the 38th time. Starting at 8:45 a.m. local time on Dec. 6, continuous lava fountaining lasted 12.1 ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea—one of Earth’s most active volcanoes—is bringing the drama. On December 6 lava fountains in the Halema‘uma‘u crater at the shield volcano’s summit spewed more than 1,000 feet into the ...

It was the 38th eruption since the current series began in December 2024. Another spectacular eruption at one of the most active volcanoes in the world has destroyed the live camera volcanologists use ...

A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so quickly. The plague known as the Black Death arrived in southern Europe in ...

A newly analyzed set of climate data points to a major volcanic eruption that may have played a key role in the Black Death’s arrival. Cooling and crop failures across Europe pushed Italian states to ...

A volcano in Hawaii sent lava spewing towards a remote camera recording the eruption, engulfing it in ash and knocking it offline. Footage from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows the camera ...

Hawaii Island's Kilauea volcano began erupting on Sunday, Nov. 9, drawing in hordes of visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park eager to witness the natural spectacle. As one of the world's most ...