First look at the island may offer the picture of a dead caldera but a closer look reveals that the caldera actually holds a ...

By the end of the day, about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, data from 16 crystals was collected and analyzed. The data, which ...

Consider a can of soda. When the can is closed (pressurized), the soda contains dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). When you open ...

Continuous lava fountaining began about 2 p.m. today within Kilauea’s Halemaumau crater as the 12th episode of the ongoing ...

COURTESY USGS This thermal image of Halemaumau shows the latest eruption activity within the summit caldera. Kilauea’s ongoing summit eruption resumed oozing lava on the Halemaumau crater floor this ...

Video footage captured by Scott Malis during the volcano's 11th episode shows lava spewing out of Kilauea volcano and spinning into the air.

Many residents heard the volcano awaken before it violently erupted; its column of lava and ash was seen for miles as it lit ...

Several past eruptions were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō ...

Kilauea is in a unique phase of activity in Halema‘uma‘u, with 12 episodes of dual lava fountains since Dec. 23, 2024.

The final two rides of this chilly winter trip takes us east from Kumamoto, through the massive Aso Volcano crater, ...

The caldera — a giant sunken bowl — is basically a sinkhole created in the most hellish conditions 760,000 years ago when molten lava erupting created a 3,000-foot deep bowl as the earth under it ...

He explained that in the event of such a strong earthquake, there is a 4% chance that 200 to 300 buildings in the caldera of Santorini will collapse. Regarding the volcanic activity, Lekkas made clear ...