Volcanologists are using powerful supercomputers to forecast volcanic eruptions. See why scientists say this new technique could be a game-changer.

Sunrise and sunset chasers discovered something odd this summer: In rural Colorado and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, Earth's daily light shows were ...

MOUNT Etna is blasting lava bombs and massive plumes of ash in Sicily, Italy.

Volcanic eruptions and their ash clouds pose a significant hazard to population centers and air travel, especially those that show few to no signs of unrest ...

A MAJOR volcanic eruption could plunge Earth into a deep winter for decades, leading to global food shortages and putting the human race on the “brink of ...

A supervolcano by definition is one which has had an eruption of magnitude 8 – the highest and most violent possible - on the Volcano Explosivity Index in the ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder say stunning purple skies spotted in the state this summer were caused by a big eruption at Russia's Raikoke ...

Lava from Kilauea in Hawaii flowed into the Pacific last year and pushed nutrients to the surface. The result was a banquet for light-loving microbes.

VANCOUVER, Washington - Volcanic gas scientists with the USGS will meet for a workshop under CONVERSE, the Community Network for Volcanic Eruption ...

Early one morning in late August 2019, Colorado photographer Glenn Randall hiked several miles to a stream flowing into Lake Isabelle in the Indian Peaks ...

A massive volcanic eruption set the stage for a cold snap in Europe, contributing even to the collapse of the Roman Empire. But where — or precisely when — it ...

Within three days of Mount Kilauea's eruption in 2018, an algae 'superbloom' was in full swing. Now scientists think they know why.

A powerful volcanic eruption on the Italian island of Stromboli sent a huge cloud of ash into the sky, nearly two months after a similar eruption killed a hiker.

YELLOWSTONE volcano's Steamboat Geyser has broken yearly eruption records with still almost four months to go of 2019.

THREE *fresh* eruptions have rocked the volcanic Italian island of Stromboli, covering the rocky outcrop with a blanket of ash.

A mini ice age that lasted 125 years started in the 6th century. Now we may have identified the volcano that kicked it all off.

THE next Yellowstone supereruption is edging closer, according to experts who have revealed the true catastrophe which would ensue following an eruption.

DRAMATIC pictures shared of the volcanic eruption from the island of Stromboli showing gigantic plumes of smoke filling the sky have left many people ...

VOLCANIC eruptions are turning sunsets purple and creating mesmerising skies across the globe, researchers have revealed.

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the ...

A new documentary from Smithsonian Channel shows the explosive activity at the Kilauea and Fuego volcanoes.

THE moment a small sailboat crew flees from being engulfed by an enormous gas cloud erupting from a volcano in Italy has been captured on film. Dramatic ...

Ebeko volcano (northern Kuriles, Russia): news & activity updates / VolcanoDiscovery.

First, it supplied some of the most stunning images of a volcanic eruption ever captured, and now it turns out that Raikoke is the volcano that keeps on giving ...

YELLOWSTONE volcano has seen more than 130 earthquakes rock the park over the last month, leading to fears that the massive caldera could blow.

Japan weather agency warns against flying debris, pyroclastic flows near crater following eruption of Mt. Asama - Anadolu Agency.

The eruption devastated local Maya settlements and caused crop failures around the world.

In early August, sailors in the southwest Pacific Ocean began to see their environment transmogrify. As far as the eye could see, the ocean turned from an azure ...

Rafts of pumice, spewed from an undersea volcano, recently appeared in the South Pacific. These transient, movable islands are important toeholds for marine ...

YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO scientist Jacob Lowenstern revealed just how overdue an eruption the supervolcano is during a USGS video in 2014.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean authorities in the country's south have begun rehearsing evacuation plans amid concern an active volcano could potentially ...

Seth Moran is worried about Mount Hood. In the 1780s, the volcano rumbled to life with such force that it sent high-speed avalanches of hot rock, gas and ash ...

Riot police and protesters clash in Honduras as the country marks its independence from Spain.

With 33 eruptions as of August 27, Steamboat geyser in Yellowstone National Park is having an exceptionally active year.

A DEVASTATING plague that killed 50million people may have spread across Medieval Europe thanks to an explosive volcano. The eruption in 536 AD belched ...

A new eruption, likely submarine, has occurred (or is still in progress) during the past days west of Vava'u Island in the Tonga archipelago. Its origin volcano is ...

Hawaii County could receive more than $300 million in state and federal funding to support recovery and response efforts stemming from the 2018 eruption of ...

Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 24000 ft (7300 m) ...

BOULDER(CBS)- One of the best things about living in Colorado are the vibrant blue and orange sunsets we are treated to almost daily. But, if you have been ...

Over 30000 Ecuadoreans living near the massive Cotopaxi volcano took part in evacuation drills as the government prepared residents for an eruption.

Lava from the erupting Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii last year simulated a massive phytoplankton bloom in the ocean. Researchers explained how the molten rock ...

The metallic asteroid Psyche has mystified scientists because it is less dense than it should be, given its iron-nickel composition. Now, a new theory could ...

Ebeko volcano (northern Kuriles, Russia): news & activity updates / VolcanoDiscovery.

P. NADEAU/U.S. Geological Survey photo by P. Nadeau/August 2018 A USGS gas geochemist and colleagues from the United Kingdom carry multi-gas sensors ...

When Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted in 2018, it destroyed some 700 homes and sent hundreds of millions of tons of lava pouring into the ocean, creating ...

HAWAII — The eruption last year of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii produced the equivalent of 320000 Olympic-size swimming pools of lava. Much of it ended up ...

A HUGE floating mass of pumice rocks has been discovered by sailors as they made their way to Fiji. The pumice raft the size of Paris completely took over the ...

The world's largest geyser recently set a new record for the most eruptions it's had in one year. And, it's still spouting off. In Yellowstone, Steamboat Geyser ...

To better understand subsurface processes associated with earthquakes and eruptions of Mount Aso, researchers investigated a very long period (VLP) ...

Scientists warn that Mount Hood, an active volcano outside Portland, Ore., lacks adequate monitoring equipment and bureaucratic red tape has left them blind to ...

Libya conflict could spiral into all-out civil war unless 'political solution' reached soon, UN secretary-general warns.

An island of floating rock known as a pumice raft is gradually heading for Australian shores across the Coral Sea and is so expansive it can be tracked via ...

Krakatoa volcano news & eruption update (Indonesia>Sunda Strait) / VolcanoDiscovery.

We're not doing nearly enough to monitor Mount Hood (and other active volcanoes in the U.S.) so that we get a decent amount of warning before they go off.

AN ALIEN UFO has been filmed flying through smoke spewed from a volcano erupting in Mexico, an self-proclaimed alien life conspiracy theorist has ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Fires have broken out near a Brazilian town popular among tourists for its beaches on an Amazon river tributary. Officials in Brazil's Para ...

The observations provided a "missing link” in theories about storms that rage in Jupiter's atmosphere.

The Portland, Oregon, crowd jeered during the halftime event when enlistees reached the phrase: “I will obey the orders of the president of the United St...

Towering Kat Tolentino came out swinging when Choco Mucho slugged it out in cardiac five-setter battle against Motolite in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) ...

HILO, Hawaii — A Hawaii naming agency has scheduled a public meeting to narrow down potential names for a new state landmark formed during last year's ...

A galaxy has been seen producing strong, regular bursts of X-rays that recur on timescales of hours. The eruptions imply that the matter flowing onto the galaxy's ...

A large raft of pumice is floating in the Pacific after an underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga earlier this month.

Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole (SMBH) with an unusually regular feeding schedule.

Something quite magical has appeared over parts of the UK recently. An unearthly purple colour has glowed in the twilight sky just after sunset, and this has ...

KNOXVILLE — It was a tale of two halves for Jefferson County on Friday night against West High School.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Yellowstone National Park's Steamboat geyser is breaking records with 34 eruptions so far this year as of early September.

The Hawai'i County Council passed three resolutions this week relating to recovery from the 2018 Kīlauea eruption.

All six crew members were asleep when the fatal boat fire in California erupted, according to preliminary findings released on Thursday. There were 39 people ...

(AP NEWS) –A fire from a pyrotechnics machine burns on the field before an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Indianapolis Colts ...

There are signs that Katla could erupt. A geophysicist told Stöð 2 (Channel 2) that he is reluctant to say whether it could happen in one year or fifty years. Halldór ...

Riot police and anti-government protesters clashed in Honduras on Sunday, as the country marked its independence from Spain, declared in 1821. President ...

In the past two decades, high-amplitude electromagnetic outbursts have been detected from dormant galaxies and often attributed to the tidal disruption of a star ...

A minor eruption has occurred at Mount Asama in central Japan. The mountain straddles Nagano and Gunma prefectures.

The Steamboat Geyser at Yellowstone National Park is no Old Faithful.

Flames and smoke erupted when a pyrotechnics machine malfunctioned at Nissan Stadium before the game between the Colts and Titans.

A mysterious black hole at the core of the galaxy GSN 069 has stunned astronomers with its periodic eruptions of X-ray radiation. The active black hole sits an ...

Firefighters on Saturday afternoon battled massive flames after stacks of hay ignited near the 210 Freeway in Lake View Terrace.

Men wearing kilts and playing bagpipes took over to celebrate the union between Catalonia and Scotland.

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters over the weekend as pro-democracy demonstrations turned violent yet again. CBS News foreign ...

(Web Desk) – Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole (SMBH) with an unusually regular feeding schedule. The behemoth is an active galactic ...

Each week, staff writer Paul Wood profiles a high-tech difference-maker. This week, meet PATRICIA GREGG, a University of Illinois geologist who is co-author of ...

These income shares are set to release *fresh* financials in the days ahead. Should you load up or give them a wide berth? Safestore Holdings. I reckon ...

Fires have been reported in protected indigenous reserves of the Brazilian Amazon, raising fears that loggers and land grabbers have targeted these remote ...

Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the upmarket Causeway Bay shopping district on Sunday, after demonstrators had rallied at the U.S. ...

Democrats in North Carolina accused Republicans of deceptive behavior after the state house held a vote to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a ...

Somehow, agent Drew Rosenhaus brokered a compromise between the Raiders and receiver Antonio Brown that resulted in the Raiders not following through ...

An uncertain death toll, stranded evacuees, abandoned animal shelters and an oil spill have worsened a challenging recovery process one week after the ...

TENSIONS erupted as BBC Question Time returned on Thursday night in Norwich after a monumental week in Parliament, which saw Prime Minister Boris ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii will receive more than than $12 million in federal funds to repair damaged roads, the U.S. Department of ...

Parts of Hong Kong's metro system ground to a halt on Saturday as skirmishes from the day's protesting spread to the subway, with footage showing images of ...

Further brawls have erupted in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy supporters clashed with pro-Beijing activists in a shopping centre on Saturday. Hundreds of the ...

Another man was punched to the ground from behind by 'band member' as video captures shocking scenes beside Barrowland Park on Saturday.

It's been awhile since Alabama fans have celebrated a win over South Carolina, but how sweet it was on Saturday afternoon at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Government buildings and commercial establishments burned as angry Papuans protest against arrest of students.

Patricia stored her mum's belongings somewhere she thought was safe, and even made sure she had insurance, only for thousands of pounds of property to be ...

Sakurajima volcano (Japan): news & eruption updates / VolcanoDiscovery.

A group of renegade Tory lawmakers — who only months ago were holding the reins of power — are trying to thwart Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans for ...

OXNARD, Calif. — The frantic knocking came well before dawn and jolted awake Bob and Shirley Hansen on their 60-foot fishing boat, The Grape Escape, ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defiantly suspended Parliament until next month and said he would not seek a Brexit extension as opposition lawmakers ...

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - Squabbles erupted among G7 nations on Saturday as their leaders gathered for an annual summit, exposing sharp differences on ...