This week the famed Momotombo volcano in Nicaragua put on a show in its first known eruption in 110 years. The long-inactive volcano, one of the country's most recognizable landmarks, began spitting ...

When massive volcanic eruptions occur, they inject millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where it forms sulfate aerosols that scatter incoming solar radiation and result in global ...

This year, the Earth’s core put on a show unlike any other, with volcanic eruptions that dazzled observers from every continent. Some of these eruptions were so breathtaking they left viewers ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...