Kīlauea has erupted episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Episode 44 of summit lava fountaining ...

As Hilo was bustling with activity for the Merrie Monarch Festival, Kilauea was brewing for episode 44 of lava fountaining, ...

How scientists risked everything on a completely untested, wildly destructive tactical operation to forcefully alter the ...

A volcano in Italy erupted over the weekend, unleashing plumes of smoke into the atmosphere and streams of lava that quickly reached the sea. The country's National Institute of Geophysics and ...

A volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland and spews magma in a spectacular show of Earth’s power ...

No other puʻus exist on the caldera rim, but geologic deposits of tephra fall mapped in Kīlauea’s summit region indicate that ...

Researchers discovered that massive lava flows and collapsing lava ponds at Axial Seamount reveal how underwater eruptions reshape the seafloor.

Hawaii Volcanoes national park closed due to eruption of one of world’s most active volcanoes, located on Big Island ...

A sideways flow of hot mantle rock, not a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, may be feeding one of the planet’s most ...

A lava flow from Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has reached the ocean for the first time since 2013. Lava began flowing on May 24, and traveled 6.5 miles over Pulama Pali to reach the ocean on ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A remote volcano is again oozing lava into its ice-filled caldera, but the activity is no cause for alarm for nearby villagers, scientists said Wednesday. Seismic activity and ...