When particles in volcanic ash cloud rub together, some pick up positive charge and others negative – now physicists have ...

When volcanic debris starts behaving like weather, a landscape can change in a single morning. At Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Kīlauea’s latest summit episode left overlooks, roadside edges, ...

A new detection method called “Jerk” could dramatically improve how scientists forecast volcanic eruptions. By using a single broadband seismometer, the system can detect extremely subtle ground ...

Scientists discovered Hawaii’s deep mantle plume is splitting, which may create two future volcanic island chains.

Helgi Hjorleifsson, a firefighter, is a leader in a national experiment to steer rivers of lava away from important sites.

I n its latest eruption event, Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano sent a fountain of lava 540 meters (1,770 feet) up into the sky in what is a new record for this eruption, which began in December 2024. Some of ...

This image taken by NASA's Landsat 8 satellite captures lava, ash, and gases flowing from Mayon, the most active volcano in the Philippines, Mayon is ...

Officials say the latest eruption at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has sent lava shooting up to 1,000 feet high, prompting ...

Scientists have documented that Yellowstone’s rare acidic Echinus geyser has resumed erupting after more than five years of inactivity. The return of one of the park’s few acid-driven geysers ...

The formidable Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii has erupted once more, launching enormous lava fountains and volcanic ash high into ...

The Kīlauea Volcano erupts with two lava fountains shooting bright red molten rock over 1,000 feet into the air in the latest event.