Video above: Footage of fissure erupting at Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano on June 3, 2024. VOLCANO, Hawaii (KHON) – Lava fountains rose 1,000 feet in the air, sending ash and volcanic fragments flying at Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano on Tuesday. The activity ...

The well-known Mount Kīlauea Volcano erupted for the 43rd time on Tuesday in Hawaii, and people in the area are being advised to take protective measures from ashfall.

Back in January, SFGATE was on the ground in the national park during a previous eruption episode that also rained tephra over the park and surrounding region. During that event, falling tephra hit visitors, drawing blood, and it was the first time the Park Service closed the volcano summit since this eruption cycle began on Dec. 24, 2024.

Major volcanic eruptions inject aerosols into the stratosphere, triggering sea surface temperature changes that can mimic natural climate cycles and reshape monsoon rainfall patterns across Asia. Credit: Wenmin Man From the rice paddies of South Asia to the wheat fields of northern China, summer monsoon rains sustain the livelihoods of billions.

Ethiopian volcano eruption: On Sunday, November 23, 2025, Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted for the first time in over 10,000 years, leaving scientists and locals stunned. The eruption sent massive ash plumes soaring up to 14–15 kilometres into ...

Effusive eruption at Mayon Volcano continues for the 63rd consecutive day on Monday (March 9, 2026) but there is nothing unusual with this, the head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected animal populations. A new study of a catastrophic volcanic eruption during the Ice Age has found that mammoths,