The lava dome named Novarupta marks the 1.2 mile-wide vent of the 1912 Novarupta-Katmai eruption. Novarupta is 1,235 feet wide and 211 feet high. Southcentral and Kodiak Island residents are preparing ...

Nishinoshima Island, located in the Ogasawara Islands of Japan, is home to an active volcano. Ash from volcanic eruptions there in 2020 could have led to a temporary surge in phytoplankton levels in ...

The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) in January 2022 ejected around 2.9 billion tonnes of volcanic material into the atmosphere and across the South Pacific. In early 2022, a scientific ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers on ...

Nov. 19 (UPI) --Indonesia's Mount Semeru sent volcanic ash columns 6,500 feet high after erupting Wednesday afternoon, posing a danger to regional air traffic and forcing more than 300 to evacuate.

Smoke from a lightning-induced wildfire near Minto in 2023. Every summer in Alaska there is the threat of wildfires throughout the state. This year Mount Spur is also threatening to send volcanic ash ...

The 2009 eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano, Kuril Islands, viewed from the International Space Station. A new study says that a similar eruption was behind a cooling event with worldwide effects 200 ...

A huge ash cloud resembling a dragon emerged from the Shinmoedake volcano during its eruption in Japan. Dramatic footage shows the volcanic ash rising approximately 1,640ft (500m) from the crater on ...

In 2022, the eruption of the underwater Hunga volcano near Tonga sent a plume of ash soaring 37 miles into the sky, setting a new record as the largest volcanic plume ever captured by satellites. This ...

MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers on Tuesday sifted through smoldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors, a day after a volcano on Indonesia’s island of Flores erupted, killing at ...