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

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the highest volcano in Europe known for its frequent activity (it's erupted as recently as spring 2019), Mount Etna hosts hikers in the summer months and skiers ...

Indonesian geologists have reported 1,079 eruptions during this month alone, which is much higher compared to previous periods of activity.

Authorities have declared the highest alert level on the island of Halmahera in Indonesia. Several villages have been ...

Yet, when we look at the record of volcanic activity, even in the past few hundred years, there are signals that a large eruption occurred ... we just don't have any other evidence of the source of ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began a new series of eruptions in December 2024. The world's most active volcano, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, resumed its latest eruption on Wednesday. Volcanic activity ...

Authorities have declared the highest alert level on the island of Halmahera in Indonesia. Approximately 3,000 people have ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

A massive volcanic eruption may have helped to set in motion the development of one of South America’s earliest complex societies. Experts have identified ashy layers at multiple Bolivian sites ...

Hundreds of unusual discs unearthed in Denmark are revealing clues into how a Stone Age population responded to a devastating volcanic eruption nearly 5,000 years ago, a new study has found.