In 1815, Mount Tambora experienced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption's effects altered Earth's climate for years and even led to the "year without summer" in 1816.

TOKYO — The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has laid out detailed procedures to follow in the event of a volcanic eruption near the capital, including specific steps to deal with ash from Mount Fuji.

A research group in Japan has suggested that ash released from volcanic eruptions on Nishinoshima Island—part of Japan's Ogasawara Islands—led to a temporary surge in phytoplankton levels in the ...

The BBC documentary was created by the iconic filmmaker Werner Herzog, who has made two different films documenting the life ...

A debate is stirring in Southwest Washington over how to manage ongoing impacts from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. This year marks 45 years since that cataclysmic eruption. When the volcano ...

Steven Tuck, a classics professor at Miami University in Ohio, has used historical and archaeological data to trace the paths of people who restarted their lives and reestablished their communities ...

In late January, something began to stir beneath the idyllic Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, and Anafi. These Aegean islands experienced a rapid-fire sequence of over 28,000 earthquakes, ...

The Earth became darker from 2001 to 2024, meaning it reflects less sunlight, a research team reports in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The development is more pronounced ...