You’re roaming Yellowstone National Park as the ground begins to rumble, pressure builds, and then…KA-BOOM! Goodbye to ...

A VEI 8 supereruption can eject hundreds of cubic miles of volcanic material and alter the climate on a global scale. The ...

The central government has increased personnel and strengthened monitoring but is still struggling to predict eruptions among ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted once again at 3:30 p.m. local time Thursday, according to USGS. Kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanoes and this is its 53rd eruptive episode since ...

Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull had erupted, sending plumes of volcanic ash more than 60,000 feet in the air. Across Europe, air ...

Volcanoes have always held an incredible power capable of shaping the course of human history. Around 1,600 B.C.E., an explosion on the Greek island of Santorini likely wiped out Europe’s first ...

Volcanoes are some of the most powerful natural forces on Earth, capable of reshaping entire regions in a matter of hours.Their true impact is typically measured by the communities they effect.

A Reykjavik-based architect believes a lava flow could contain enough building material for the foundations of a city to rise ...

When massive volcanic eruptions occur, they inject millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where it forms sulfate aerosols that scatter incoming solar radiation and result in global ...

When the Black Death swept through Europe beginning in 1347, the plague wiped out more than half of the continent’s population, upending societies and interrupting wars. New research suggests that a ...

Here at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, we are most interested in understanding when and where a volcanic eruption will occur.