Helgi Hjorleifsson, a firefighter, is a leader in a national experiment to steer rivers of lava away from important sites.

A new detection method called “Jerk” could dramatically improve how scientists forecast volcanic eruptions. By using a single broadband seismometer, the system can detect extremely subtle ground ...

The fragile-looking filaments of cooled lava known as Pele’s hair can form when pockets of bubble-rich lava pull apart rapidly, experiments suggest. Among all the ways that molten rock can solidify ...

Currently, scientists struggle to forecast volcano eruption events, as no universally reliable, real-time eruption forecasting framework is available. Instead, researchers often rely on retrospective ...

Before smartphones, tablets, and digital labs, science class for Baby Boomers meant getting hands-on with experiments that ...

The eruptions at Kilauea prompted closures at a national park and part of a highway because of falling glassy volcanic fragments, including ash.

From the rice paddies of South Asia to the wheat fields of northern China, summer monsoon rains sustain the livelihoods of ...

The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the rural northeast of Ethiopia erupted November 23. Afar Communication Bureau via Facebook A volcano in northern Ethiopia erupted Sunday, marking its first known eruption ...

Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks shook the same area. "A descent of hot lava is observed on the western ...