For billions of years, Earth’s atmosphere lacked the oxygen necessary to sustain complex life. While scientists have long ...

Antarctica is not just a passive, icy landscape, but a geologically active region with a complex network of volcanoes — many of which remain hidden beneath the ice. This threat exists several ...

The worst volcanic disaster in Japan's history occurred in the Unzen volcano complex on the island of Kyushu. Accounts of the day tell of a massive avalanche of rock that hurled down Unzen's Mount ...

Deadliest volcanic eruption: The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which killed up to 100,000 people From lava fountains to towering ash clouds, volcanoes produce some of the most ...

On volcanoes, a fissure is an elongated fracture ... at a central vent after a period of hours or days. Nyiragongo has a complex system of fissures, which extend from its summit crater all the ...

“A considerable increase in the effusive activity of Volcán de Fuego is declared…a lava fountain 300 meters high above the crater of the volcanic complex [was observed],” CONRED said in a ...