Explosive volcanic eruptions often come with intense electrical activity, known as volcanogenic lightning. The team analysed ...

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes. A study to be ...

In 2024, D. Sarah Stamps’ team detected and tracked a short-lived bulge in the land around a volcano in Tanzania. In a paper published, Stamps identified the cause of the uplift: a million cubic ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Melting glaciers may be setting the stage for more frequent and ...

Explosive volcanic eruptions on early Mars may have transported water ice to equatorial regions, according to a modeling study published in Nature Communications. The authors suggest that these ...

Two weeks ago, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three distinct, short-lived explosions in less than five minutes at Taal Volcano. The eruption sent a column of ash and ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

When Spanish conquistadors first laid eyes on the Masaya volcano’s lava lake in the early 1520s, some believed it must be the entrance to hell. Recent activity from Nicaragua’s busiest volcano has ...

A stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Flores fired its ninth eruption in seven days on Friday morning, sending a dense ash column 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) above its summit — but the hazard ...

Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of exploding. One of the most explosive volcanoes in U.S. history began its ...