Nearly 600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption sent clouds of sulfurous gas and ash high into the atmosphere. The blast known as the 1458/59 CE event was so huge that it triggered decades of ...

An article published in Nature Geoscience on July 30th, 2025 explores an event that happened in 2014 but was only recently discovered thanks to archives of satellite images. The Greenland Ice Sheet ...

As Greenland’s glaciers melt, water usually drains to the bedrock below before flowing out to the ocean. But in 2014, a huge torrent of meltwater from a subglacial lake burst out of the surface of the ...

Beneath Antarctica’s thick ice lies a hidden world of fire — over 100 volcanoes, many long considered dormant. But as global warming accelerates ice melt, pressure on these buried giants decreases, ...

Climate change is likely to have an explosive consequence: volcanic eruptions. Antarctic glaciers have been slowly melting as temperatures rise, unearthing hidden volcanoes in the process. The ...

A recent earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier in Washington state, along with increased volcanic activity in Alaska, Oregon, and Hawaii, has captured the news media's attention and sparked questions ...

The flooding in Central Texas during the Fourth of July weekend killed at least 129 people including 36 children, and as of July 13 there were still about 160 persons missing. The Guadalupe River rose ...

The Iliamna volcano is "ready to rumble," according to NASA An Alaskan volcano that has been inactive for more than 100 years is showing signs of rumbling, according to scientists. However, there's a ...

The effects of climate change could awaken hundreds of volcanoes worldwide – which in turn could worsen the effects of climate change. According to recent models that predict changes in the magma ...