In January 2022, the undersea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted spectacularly, becoming one of the most powerful volcanic events of the century. It sent a plume 50 kilometers high, impacting ...

WHEN you think of Britain, the first word that springs to mind probably isn’t “volcano” – but our tiny nation is littered with the things. There are dozens of long-extinct ...

Mount Etna. The Sicilian volcano is in the media once again due to its recent eruption on June 30, and the incredibly rare and beautiful vortex rings it's emitting. This European marvel may not be ...

Mount Hekla in Iceland, known as 'the chimney of hell' by medieval Christians, has been considered a gateway to the ...

From the nightmarish location that inspired Jesus' account of hell to the cave that mysteriously kills anyone who enters, ...

They can have violent eruptions and can grow bigger as layers of thick lava and ash harden on top of each other. Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, is an example of a composite volcano. shield volcanoes ...

Medieval Christians claimed that the snow-capped mountain, which stands nearly 4,900 feet, is one of the gates to the nether ...

People’s fears were seemingly confirmed in the year 1104 when Hekla erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 5 — the same rating as Mount St. Helens’ deadly 1980 eruption.

Explore how climate change threatens 50 UNESCO World Heritage sites around the globe, from melting glaciers and rising sea levels to increasing wildfires and desertification, highlighting the urgent ...

When Sicily’s Mount Etna began rumbling in March 1669 ... Icelanders are used to volcanic activity, but the June 1783 eruption of the Laki fissure near Klaustur, pictured here, was something they’d ...