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Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to ...
The Hawaii volcano Kilauea lit up the skies with lava and ash, drawing tourists and raising safety alerts. Its eruption ...
Scientists say the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii isn't done erupting. And it's not alone: 54 eruptions have been reported in 2025.
Volcanoes often give little warning before they erupt, but now scientists have discovered an unexpected early warning ...
Diagram showing the Yellowstone supervolcano ... iStock These catastrophic "supereruptions" are the largest explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth, occurring roughly once every 100,000 years ...
"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.
Now, researchers report observations of the same Hunga eruption in Tonga producing a lofty volcanic thunderstorm that produced the most intense lightning ever recorded. At its peak, the sprawling ...
one of 24 active volcanoes in the Southeast Asian nation, was still under evacuation orders from an eruption in December. There were no reports of injuries or damage from Tuesday's eruption that ...
• 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 ...
Scientists have solved the 200-year-old mystery of the location of a massive volcanic eruption that spewed such a large volume of gases that it blocked sunlight, making the sun appear blue.
By Victor Mather Kilauea, the most active volcano in Hawaii, began erupting early on Monday morning. Kilauea, in the southeast part of the Big Island, erupted three times last year. Because the ...