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

Kīlauea volcano in Hawai'i began its first eruption of 2026, with lava fountains and a plume reaching 7,000 feet.

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 ...

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 ...

The volcanic hot spot is larger than Lake Superior, spewing eruptions six times the total energy of all of the world's power plants.

The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new study ...

Seeing a volcano with my own eyes is a total bucket list dream, but seeing a volcano that's experiencing active volcanic ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea’s 31st ...

A new video from Japan’s maritime authorities captures an underwater volcano bursting through the sea surface in a violent plume of ash, steam and rock, turning a patch of open ocean into a churning ...