Ash can also shoot miles high into the sky and rain down for many miles around, posing a hazard for people quite far from an active volcano. (Learn about how lightning can help signal the start of ...

What is the collective noun for a group of volcano scientists? While some tongue-in-cheek responses might be “an eruption of ...

Kilauea's volcanic activity on Wednesday marked the fifth episode since the latest eruption began in December 2024.

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December on Monday ...

While lava flows remain confined to the Kīlauea summit caldera, the eruption produces hazards such as volcanic gas emissions, vog (volcanic smog) and Pele's hair—a type of volcanic glass—that ...

M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s summit Tuesday morning. M. PATRICK / ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed its latest eruption on Monday, sending fountains of lava shooting more than 250 feet in the ...

Yogyakarta. Mount Merapi, located on the border of the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central Java, has shown an increase ...

Other significant hazards include Halema'uma'u crater wall instability, ground cracking, and rockfalls within the restricted area, according to the USGS. Related: Philippines volcanic eruption ...

Episode 8 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea began at 9:52 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and is currently ...