Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...

This year, the Earth’s core put on a show unlike any other, with volcanic eruptions that dazzled observers from every continent. From the fiery lava fountains of Hawaiʻi’s Kīlauea volcano to the ...

47 volcanoes were in continuing eruption status as of 2 May 2025, marking one of the highest active volcano counts in recorded history. Let's be real, when geologists use the word "unprecedented," ...

A powerful swarm of earthquakes in January suggested one of Iceland’s giant “ice volcanoes” may be awakening after a decade of slumber. In the months that followed, more earthquakes have rocked the ...

A newly analyzed set of climate data points to a major volcanic eruption that may have played a key role in the Black Death’s arrival. Cooling and crop failures across Europe pushed Italian states to ...