Hawaii's Kilauea volcano produces significant volcanic gas during the latest eruption. Officials are monitoring air quality ...

An eruption at one of Hawaii’s most famous volcanoes produced an unexpected and mesmerizing effect. When Halemaʻumaʻu crater erupted in June 2023, the intense heat rising from the lava created ...

Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help ...

January 2026The international APARC report on the Hunga volcanic eruption in 2022 provides new insights into the extent to ...

State volcanologists raised Mayon Volcano’s alert status to Alert Level 3 on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, after the collapse of a growing lava dome triggered dangerous pyroclastic density currents, or ...

A crater glow, locally known as “banaag,” was observed at the summit of Mayon Volcano on Wednesday evening, according to PHIVOLCS. In an advisory, PHIVOLCS said that the crater glow was spotted ...

"It's getting ready to erupt"—one of America's most active volcanoes has the country on edge. It is called the Axial Seamount ...

The ongoing unrest of Mayon Volcano may lead to lava flows and lava fountaining in the coming days, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). ​The country’s most ...

"Awakening after a decade of slumber." Scientists issue warning that hidden 'ice volcanoes' could awaken: 'Talking about ...

In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world's most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. Its mission: figure ...

The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia left a huge crater, along with a sometimes unexpected legacy. Jialiang Gao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons On April 10, 1815, the Tambora volcano ...