Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted this week for the first time in almost four decades. When volcanoes erupt, they can have disastrous effects on the environment and the ...

In the 1780s, the volcano rumbled to life with such force that it sent high-speed avalanches of hot rock, gas and ash down its slopes. Those flows quickly melted the snow and ice and mixed with the ...

One of Hawaii's most active volcanoes erupted on Wednesday and spewed gas and lava into the air following months of dormancy. The Kilauea volcano, located on Hawaii's Big Island, started showing signs ...

A past eruption of Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano has led scientists to a new theory on why and how volcanic fountains form. An international team of scientists studied a 2021 eruption of the ...

The Icelandic Meteorological Office reports that a fissure eruption has occurred at the near the site of the Bárðarbunga volcano, meaning magma has cracked the surface. Earlier this week the volcano ...

A volcanic eruption on an island off the coast of New Zealand spewed steam and ash thousands of feet into the air Monday, leaving at least five people dead as tourists were touring the remote and ...