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

Volcanoes often give little warning before they erupt, but now scientists have discovered an unexpected early warning sign—trees. This new finding comes from a joint study by researchers from NASA, ...

A mud volcano in San Juan de Uraba, Colombia, erupted on February 25, 2026, spewing fire and mud near a water plant.

One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.

Scientists compare volcanic cones on Earth and Mars to explain how gas-rich magma forms scoria cones. Spacecraft observations and Earth analog sites provide evidence of similar eruptive processes.

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...

Mount Lassen, in the southern Cascades, erupted on May 22, 1915, 65 years almost to the day before Mount St. Helens. Also known as Lassen Peak, the mountain is the southernmost active volcano in the ...

Andrew Wozniak, a chemical oceanographer at the University of Delaware, struggled to process what his eyes were taking in. Wozniak was parked on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean beneath nearly 1.6 ...

Satellite images have captured a rare volcanic eruption that occurred Sunday at Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano, sending towering ash plumes toward Yemen and Oman. The eruption is the first recorded ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured the most powerful volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter’s moon Io. (CREDIT: NASA / JPL / ...

A white-tailed tropicbird, known locally as Koaʻe Kea, was filmed flying serenely over a spectacular lava fountain during a volcanic eruption in Hawaiʻi. This stunning footage highlights the ...