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

"Volcano: Birth of a Mountain" chronicles the eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, beginning on May 24, 1969. The film ...

Kilauea is in a unique phase of activity in Halema‘uma‘u, with 12 episodes of dual lava fountains since Dec. 23, 2024.

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

The Big Island is home to one of the most lively volcanoes on Earth. And you can see why.

The Kavachi volcano is an active underwater volcano located near the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific. Underwater, ...

below the ocean surface. One final type of volcanic system is the Large Igneous Province, a massive outpouring of lava made from rocks called basalts. These eruptions can flood millions of square ...

Several past eruptions were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō eruption in 1983, the start of the Maunaulu eruption in 1969 and the 1959 Kīlauea ...

Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is in a unique phase of activity in Halemaʻumaʻu, with 12 episodes of dual ...

Therefore, two volcano eruptions have taken place so far in 2025. A string of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean — known as the “Ring of Fire” — is the most active on Earth out of all volcanoes.

Kīlauea has been erupting intermittently within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH ...