Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help ...

The trip was a chance to show off new technologies developed in the Boise State lab. What Mock did not know at the outset of ...

January 2026The international APARC report on the Hunga volcanic eruption in 2022 provides new insights into the extent to ...

Volcanic disasters were increasing in number, but the next greatest disaster of this kind could be caused by hidden volcanoes or dormant ones.

What keeps volcanologists up at night? New £3.7M project aims to improve early warning of sudden, dangerous volcanic ...

Scientists are warning that volcanoes buried under ice sheets are not as dormant as they look. As glaciers thin and retreat, ...

In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world's most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. Its mission: figure ...

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide live within 100 kilometres of a volcano that has experienced at least one ...

Volcanic eruptions remain one of Earth’s most dramatic natural phenomena, characterised by explosive discharges of ash, gas and pyroclastic materials that play a critical role in shaping the ...

Volcanic lightning is a striking and multifaceted phenomenon that occurs during explosive eruptions, when vigorous interactions between fragmented ash particles, volcanic gases and environmental ...