A volcano in southeastern Iran has nudged upward by about 3.5 inches (9 centimeters) in 10 months. This might sound like a small rise but it has big significance. A new study used satellite data to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kikai Caldera. (Seama Nobukazu/CC BY 4.0) About 7,300 years ago, a volcano off Japan's Kyushu island unleashed what remains ...

ACTIVE VOLCANO. Mayon Volcano emits a visible plume drifting southwest on Sunday (April 5, 2026). Phivolcs on Monday (April 6) said it is closely monitoring the volcano's activity, reminding the ...

When the Hunga Tonga volcano erupted two years ago, scientists expected the usual pattern: ash, sulfur, temporary cooling at ground level. What they got instead broke every rule in the textbook. A new ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Simon Hanes, a leading musician in New York’s downtown scene, has recorded his “Gargantua,” a work for 15 musicians that nods to volcanoes, Rabelais and Dante. Credit...George ...

Hawaii’s most active and popular volcano, Kilauea, is preparing to put on a show as geologists forecast the volcano’s 44th eruption in the coming days. The United States Geological Survey said that ...

VOLCANO, Hawaii – Hawaii's most active and popular volcano, Kilauea, is preparing to put on a show as geologists forecast the volcano's 44th eruption in the coming days. The United States Geological ...

The USGS Volcano Alert Level (ground-based hazards) and Aviation Color Code (airborne hazards) communicate Kilauea status and activity. After episode 44, which is forecast to begin between April 6-14, ...

“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. U.S. Geological Survey volcano alert level — an ...

Researchers have identified a subtle seismic signal emitted by volcanoes before most eruptions occur, marking the moment magma begins breaking through surrounding rock. The finding reframes the final ...

After using autonomous robots to map massive lava fields around Axial Seamount, MBARI researchers used robotic submersibles for targeted sampling of lava and seafloor sediments to understand how and ...