the most devastating volcanic event in modern recorded history'. Simon Winchester makes the challenge quite explicit: not even the atomic tests of the Cold War, he says, can begin to rival the ...

Volcanoes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and volcanoes and featuring case studies from ...

A volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula erupted early Tuesday morning, prompting the evacuation of the nearby town of Grindavik. State media confirmed the eruption, with lava moving ...

Aerial footage shows Sundhnúkagígar volcano beginning to erupt early on Tuesday. A volcano has begun erupting in southwestern Iceland leading to the evacuation of a town and the closure of the ...

HONOLULU — Lava began bubbling out of Hawaii’s most active volcano once again on Tuesday as Kilauea’s sporadic eruption resumed. Watch the eruption in the player above. The eruption ...

Japanese authorities issued a mid-level warning Sunday for a volcano in the southwestern Kyushu region, telling people not to approach and that an eruption "may occur". "Volcano warning issued for ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska is home to more than 140 volcanoes. Nearly 100 of those are active, including Mount Spurr just over 75 miles west of Anchorage. On Volcano Watch, we take a deep dive ...

So, when Kitchpanich heard about an impending volcanic eruption near her hometown of Anchorage — and the accompanying recommendations to equip herself with masks and air filters — it was time to vent.

The event occurred at approximately 8:00 AM local time (22:00 UTC) on March 27, 2025. A thick, dark grey ash plume was ejected from the volcano’s summit crater, reaching an estimated height of 2-3 ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode, geologists said Thursday. Related video above: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spews lava ...

Related: Earthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there's now a 50-50 chance of an eruption Mount Spurr, located around 80 miles (128 kilometers) west of Anchorage ...

Scientists monitoring Alaska’s Mount Spurr said seismic activity continues to rise, indicating that the volcano is moving toward an eruption. The major risk of a Mount Spurr eruption is ashfall ...