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MOUNT ETNA, Italy (AP) — Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities after a round of eruptions at ...

Many livestream cameras monitor the Kulauea Volcano in Hawaii and earlier this week, two men were caught on one of those cameras getting too close to the eruption. 'A'Ali'i Dukelow has more on the ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano spewed lava nearly 1,400 feet into the sky during an eruption that ended early Christmas Eve morning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The eruption, captured live ...

Every year in Guanajuato, Mexico, locals celebrate one of the world’s most extreme traditions — the Exploding Hammer Festival. With hammers packed with homemade explosives, this chaotic yet symbolic ...

It’s winter, and the SciFri team is already dreaming of warmer weather. How about a mind vacation to one of the hottest places on earth, an erupting volcano? Tamsin Mather has trekked to volcanoes in ...

As the year 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on the historic past year of volcanic activity on the Island of Hawaii. Thirty-eight episodes of lava fountaining at the summit of Kilauea remind us that ...

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS reached its perihelion, or its closest point to the Sun, earlier this year, shedding copious amounts of ice and dust in the process. “We were all surprised,” ...

Hayli Gubbi, a shield volcano in northern Ethiopia, erupted for several hours on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 23 — the first eruption since the start of the Holocene. When you purchase through links on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia has been dormant for all of recorded history. A long-dormant volcano has just erupted for the first time in recorded history. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia's ...