Scientists say the recent bout of heightened volcanic activity may go on for centuries.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Volcanic ash effects on Earth systems Date: October 4, 2023 Source: Cornell University Summary: To bridge the knowledge gap between volcanologists and atmospheric scientists working on climate ...

Concerns about the Yellowstone National Park supervolcano erupting have not faded, despite scientific evidence suggesting such an event is unlikely in the near future. Recent research points to a ...

A volcanic eruption in Iceland has sparked the evacuation of the world-famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa and surrounding ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

Breakthroughs have included the development a free web tool, PlumeRise, which gives more accurate estimates of the amount of ash injected into the atmosphere during a volcanic eruption because, ...

Volcanic ash consists of very fine rock and mineral particles less than 2 mm in diameter that are ejected from a volcanic vent. Ash is created when solid rock shatters and magma separates into ...

Volcanic ash is frozen lava, but on a very small scale. As it’s mostly made of silicon compounds, much like sand on the beach is, when it freezes from its molten state, ...

In the process, they may undergo chemical reactions on the surface of the ash itself—possibly pulling around 43% more sulfur dioxide out of the air. Ash, in other words, may hasten the transformation ...

Residents are wearing masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that is blanketing several Indonesian villages as ...

Enter volcanic ash. When a single volcano erupted on the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, back in 2021, the surrounding area was strewn with a monstrous 200 million cubic meters (that's ...

The ash cloud above Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki on Monday was about four times taller than the one produced by an eruption there ...