Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted this week for the first time in almost four decades. When volcanoes erupt, they can have disastrous effects on the environment and the ...

Hidden in the Pacific, two very different volcanoes are forcing scientists to rethink what counts as “biggest.” Tamu Massif, ...

The recent earthquake swarm near Santorini has brought the topic of volcanoes in Greece back into the spotlight.

Beneath the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, a massive underwater volcano is preparing to erupt. Scientists monitoring Axial Seamount have detected a surge in seismic activity, ...

A past eruption of Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano has led scientists to a new theory on why and how volcanic fountains form. An international team of scientists studied a 2021 eruption of the ...

In the 1780s, the volcano rumbled to life with such force that it sent high-speed avalanches of hot rock, gas and ash down its slopes. Those flows quickly melted the snow and ice and mixed with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this webcam image provided by the Alaska Volcano Observatory, is the Pavlof Volcano in a state of eruption with episodic ...

A little–known Ethiopian volcano has erupted for the first time in at least 12,000 years – sparking fears that 'hidden' volcanoes are being missed. Professor Mike Cassidy, a volcanologist at the ...