A new look at an ancient eruption at Campi Flegrei raises new questions about the propensity of the still-active volcano, ...

Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction of Pompeii began. Two new studies only fan the ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

A swarm of earth tremors and fears of volcanic eruptions in January forced tens of thousands of people to move away from ...

Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered ...

Stratovolcanoes are cone-shaped volcanoes that build up from layer after layer of lava and ash, one eruption at a time. They're also called composite volcanoes. Mount Rainier in Washington is a ...

A cloud of super-heated volcanic ash and gas exploded the brain of one Herculaneum resident and the fragments inside his ...

Chile's most emblematic volcanoes can be found in the Atacama Desert. Licancabur Volcano, with its height exceeding 5,900 ...

The find could hold implications for understanding the origin of life here on Earth.

Steep-sided, cone-shaped volcanoes are formed by alternating layers of lava and ash. Capable of explosive eruptions. Example: Mount Fuji (Japan), Mount St. Helens (USA). Small, steep volcanic ...

There are several dormant volcanoes under Antarctica's ice sheet that may unleash their fury when reckless human behavior ...