Ash buried cars and buildings after the 1984 eruption of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. (Volcano Hazards Program, U.S. Geological Survey photo) Volcanic ash forms when viscous magma – molten rock from ...

Led by the University of Delaware’s Andrew Wozniak, associate professor in the School of Marine Science and Policy, a team of scientists recently witnessed a rare seafloor eruption 1,300 miles west of ...

The underwater volcano is located off the Pacific Northwest coast. Current projections suggest an eruption could occur by year-end. Scientists are using an underwater volcano off the coast of the ...

When volcanoes like Alaska’s Mount Spurr erupt, the ash can damage people’s lungs, smother crops and kill animals, and the ...

Eruption loading: New approaches to earthquake monitoring at Ontake volcano, Japan Date: May 1, 2025 Source: University of Oxford Summary: A new study has investigated the use of a new monitoring ...

While predicting the eruptions of stars is not an exact science, EarthSky reported that the 'Blaze Star' has had two known eruptions in the past, both 80 years apart. Those events were on May 12 ...

Although volcanic eruptions can strike when least expected, they sometimes give off warning signs that can be captured by advanced technology. One innovative way to monitor eruptions is now being put ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Kīlauea’s latest eruption episode featured spectacular lava fountains shooting hundreds of feet into the air, but has come to a halt — at least for now. The U.S ...

The largest volcanic eruption in human history resulted in a few years of warm weather, according to an analysis of ancient sediments, and not a severe volcanic winter as some researchers had thought.

Things are heating up hundreds of miles off the coast of Oregon, where a large undersea volcano is showing signs of impending eruption, scientists say. The volcano, known as Axial Seamount ...