Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano eruption sent lava 1,000 feet into the air and forced officials to close parts of the national park.

Ethiopian volcano eruption: According to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, this volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first time in about 12,000 years. The eruption did not ...

Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia's long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano subsided Tuesday, days after an eruption that left a trail of destruction in nearby villages and caused flight cancellations ...

When you think of the United States, images of sprawling cities and vast landscapes might come to mind, but not the hidden and ever-present geological threat: volcanoes. While you might associate ...

GLACIER Peak volcano in the heart of Washington state is a bigger risk “capable of eruption” than Yellowstone supervolcano, officials have warned. The giant stratovolcano in the US Cascadic Volcanic ...

Kilauea volcano put on another spectacular show Friday night with lava fountaining in Halemaumau crater reaching new heights for the latest eruption, which began nearly 10 months ago. Scientists with ...

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

A series of lava fountains building -a cone perched on the crater rim … sounds like the ongoing eruption in Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kilauea, but this description could also fit the Kilauea Iki ...

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.