Carbon dioxide emissions from rising magma is one of the earliest signs that a volcano is waking up, but measuring it ...

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

The Sakurajima volcano erupted in Japan, sending ash soaring up to 2,000 metres above the crater. Authorities confirmed that the volcanic activity occurred on Thursday, May 22, at around 8:54 am. This ...

The volcano is thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, so it poses no danger to people. But under all that water, a ...

When a volcano erupts, it can spew ash high into the atmosphere—inserting aerosols right where clouds typically form. How ...

Oxford researchers found that changes in shear-wave splitting can predict volcanic eruptions and their severity. The signal ...

"Over two-thirds of the Earth’s surface was formed by volcanic eruptions at these mid-ocean ridges," said Maya Tolstoy, a marine geophysicist and dean of the university's College of the Environment.

• Axial Seamount is the best-monitored submarine volcano in the world. • It’s the most active undersea volcano closest to California. • It could erupt by the end of the year. A mysterious ...