The Hunga Tonga Mystery That Wasn't When the Hunga Tonga volcano erupted underwater in January 2022, it felt like witnessing ...

Scientists are warning that volcanoes buried under ice sheets are not as dormant as they look. As glaciers thin and retreat, ...

Photo of volcano eruption at Mount Redoubt in Alaska in 2009 Credits: Game McGimsey, USGS Researchers have found that the cooling effect that volcanic eruptions have on Earth’s surface temperature is ...

January 2026The international APARC report on the Hunga volcanic eruption in 2022 provides new insights into the extent to ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves around the world. Now, scientists are finding the volcano’s effects ...

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. This phase of active volcanism took place in a period just before ...

Simon Carn, a world authority on satellite-powered analysis of global volcanic activity, is the winner of the 2024 Michigan Technological University Research Award. Carn has scaled many mountains ...

Artists look in all directions for inspiration. Santa Rosa’s Gale S. McKee looked to the sky. Specifically, she took note of news coverage of volcanic eruptions in Iceland and their effect on the ...

Researchers have identified the source of a huge volcanic eruption that posed a mystery for nearly 200 years, a study reports. The event, which took place in 1831, was one of the largest eruptions of ...