When active, Kīlauea pumps out thousands of tons of volcanic gases, namely water vapor, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide.

Some of Scotland’s most iconic islands were born from a network of erupting fissures, just like those found in Hawaii and ...

Episode 29 of the ongoing Kilauea eruption came to an abrupt end Sunday evening after more than 13 hours of continuous lava fountaining, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano ...

Update at 10 p.m. Sunday, July 20: Episode 29 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly around 6:35 p.m. on Sunday ...

Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years—and ...

Fast forward to 2025, and there have been only three eruptions of Mauna Loa in the past 75 years since 1950: 1975, 1984, and ...

Widely shared social media posts claimed a massive underwater volcano "the size of a city" was "showing signs it could erupt ...

HPR contributor Betsy Brown spoke with a USGS geologist during the last eruptive episode to find out what’s causing this ...

From Mount St Helens in Washington to the Mauna Loa in Hawaii, these structures have a complicated history of disaster and ...

Lava in Hawaii, seismic shaking in Alaska and underwater rumblings near Oregon. Scientists say it’s not the end of the world, ...

A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland has prompted evacuations, including at nearby tourist sites like the Blue Lagoon.