Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted once again at 3:30 p.m. local time Thursday, according to USGS. Kilauea is one of the ...

The central government has increased personnel and strengthened monitoring but is still struggling to predict eruptions among ...

For decades, volcanologists have compared their craft to weather forecasting stuck in the 1950s: plenty of instruments, not ...

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is ...

Volcanoes have always held an incredible power capable of shaping the course of human history. Around 1,600 B.C.E., an explosion on the Greek island of Santorini likely wiped out Europe’s first ...

Erupting or silent, volcanoes have always captured our imagination. As volcanologists, we have seen how that fascination can ...

Here at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, we are most interested in understanding when and where a volcanic eruption will occur.

Volcanoes are some of the most powerful natural forces on Earth, capable of reshaping entire regions in a matter of hours.Their true impact is typically measured by the communities they effect.

Large volcanic eruptions from the Pacific Ring of Fire influenced past climate. These eruptions correlate with major glacial advances and cold spells. Over eighty percent of glacial advances occurred ...

When the Black Death swept through Europe beginning in 1347, the plague wiped out more than half of the continent’s population, upending societies and interrupting wars. New research suggests that a ...

Large raindrops began falling like sleet on the evening of May 29 near the Kagoshima prefectural office, creating thick, dark ...