Taftan volcano near the border of Pakistan has shown signs of unrest in recent years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A volcano ...

The Axial Seamount has been dubbed the “most active submarine volcano” in the region Craig Tuttle/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off ...

An explosion on Mount Spurr could generate massive cloud of ash, which could mess with airplanes and cause issues for humans. For the last year, Alaska's Mount Spurr has been showing signs of a ...

For much of 2025, an underwater volcano off the Oregon coast was treated as a geological ticking clock, with forecasts suggesting it could erupt at almost any moment. Instead, the year is ending ...

A spending freeze could disrupt systems that warn communities when eruptions appear imminent. By Raymond Zhong When the fuming and rumbling at Mount Spurr, a giant volcano northwest of Anchorage, ...

Natural disasters, from wildfires, floods and mudslides in western states to large earthquakes in Japan, have rocked, burned and flooded parts of the world in the first months of 2025. What’s next?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Mexican scientists have created the first three-dimensional map of Popocatépetl’s interior, revealing multiple ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

A mysterious and highly active undersea volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of this year, scientists say. Nearly a mile deep and about 700 miles northwest of San Francisco, the ...

A 1956 eruption collapsed much of the Bezymianny volcano in Kamchatka, Russia, but frequent eruptions since — including a large event in November — means it has now almost completely regrown. When you ...

Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction of Pompeii began. Two new studies only fan the fire. Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the ...