Ethiopian volcano eruption: According to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, this volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first time in about 12,000 years. The eruption did not ...

Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...

Underneath the vineyards and thermal spas in southern Italy, magma churns to create one of the world’s most active volcanic systems in a region known as Campi Flegrei. Outside of Naples, Campi Flegrei ...

A strange seismic event off the coast of Africa has led scientists to a mighty finding: the discovery of the largest underwater volcanic eruption ever recorded. The eruption also may explain a weird ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Small volcanic eruptions help explain a hiatus in global warming this century by dimming sunlight and offsetting a rise in emissions of heat-trapping gases to record highs, a study ...