History has seen some monstrous volcanic eruptions, from Mount Pinatubo's weather-cooling burp to the explosion of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai on the island nation of Tonga. The power of such eruptions ...

The atmosphere is still feeling the effects of the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga-Tonga volcano in the southern Pacific ...

Around 640,000 years ago, a catastrophic volcanic eruption rocked what is now Yellowstone National Park, reshaping the landscape in ways that still define the region today. Known as the Lava Creek ...

Lava is molten rock from a volcano that reaches the Earth’s surface. Liquid rock below the Earth’s surface is referred to as magma. More than 50% of the world’s active volcanoes above sea level ...

As volcanoes go, the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull on Tuesday, April 13, won’t make the science books. Though scientists haven’t yet been able to gather enough information on the eruption to ...