Discover key facts about the Mount Dukono eruption in Indonesia, including its activity history and the challenges of hiking ...

(CNN) — Here's some background information about volcanoes, mountains that open downward to a reservoir of molten rock. Facts: More than 80% of the Earth's surface, both above and below sea level, is ...

An eruption at Mount Etna in July 2021. (Salvatore Allegra Photography/Moment/Getty Images) Mount Etna is more than half a million years old, but this massive stratovolcano in Sicily still has plenty ...

The Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupted today (Dec. 9) at 3:03 p.m. local time, spouting an eruption column of up to 1.86 miles (3 kilometers) into the sky and triggering the evacuation of ...

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes. A study to be ...

An active underwater volcano off the Oregon Coast that was predicted to erupt in 2025 is now expected to erupt mid-to-late 2026. The Axial Seamount volcano is located nearly a mile beneath the sea, ...

On Italy's island of Sicily, Mount Etna has spewed lava almost continuously for thousands of years, threatening inhabitants, but also supporting flora and fauna.Italy's Mount Etna lays claim to ...

Lava is molten rock from a volcano that reaches the Earth’s surface. Liquid rock below the Earth’s surface is referred to as magma. More than 50% of the world’s active volcanoes above sea level ...

Tonga eruption that poured 150 metric megatons of water vapor into the stratosphere affected the atmosphere for years A new study builds on previous research into the underwater volcano's effects on ...