Volcanos

Orizaba covered in snow.

Last Missing Climber Found Dead on Mexican Volcano

Authorities have found the lifeless body of a climber...
Red Cross rescuers with mountaineering equipment carry a stretcher.

Two Dead, One Missing on Mexico’s Orizaba

Bad weather stranded a group of 12 climbers last...
Photograph from a surveillance flight of the Icelandic Coast Guard.

The Fastest Magma on Record Spilled Over Iceland Last Week

Since late 2023, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions have hit...
A plane landed on ice by a volcanic caldera in a sunny day.

Climbers Target Mt. Sidley, Antarctica’s Highest Volcano

While teams line up on Vinson to tick off...
Arenal Volcano near La Fortuna, Costa Rica.

Greener Trees Can Forecast Volcanic Eruptions

Predicting when a volcano will erupt is tricky. Some...
Marapi erupts.

Eleven Found Dead Out Of Twelve Missing After Indonesian Eruption

As we reported earlier this week, 11 people were...
Location of marapi volcano drawn as a red triangle on a map of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi.

Twelve Still Missing after Indonesian Eruption

When Mount Marapi, an Indonesian volcano on the island...
Lava Flows on Mount Fagradalsfjall, Iceland

Iceland Braces for Major Eruption

Since the end of last week, seismic activity has...
Graham and Stenner climbing out from the upper level of the glaciovolcanic cave while wearing breathing apparatus.

Beneath Glaciers, to Study Volcanoes: An Interview with Caver Christian Stenner

In 2016, a helicopter pilot in British Columbia, Canada...
Fumaroles in Campi Felgrei

Two Supervolcanoes May Be Waking Up

The increased activity of two supervolcanoes, one in California...
a submarine volcano erupts

New Island Bursts From Ocean Off Japan

For generations, the view from Japan’s Ioto (or Iwo...
snowy volcano erupting

Eurasia’s Highest Active Volcano Stirs Again

Kamchatka's ever-restless Klyuchevskaya volcano has erupted again. This time,...
crater

Natural Wonders: Patomskiy Crater

Deep in the forests of southeastern Siberia, the Patomisky...
a portrait of Luigi Palmieri

The Unkillable Victorian Volcanologist of Mt. Vesuvius

Being a modern volcanologist is no walk in the...
Olympus Mons on Mars, the highest object in the solar system.

Olympus Mons, Our Solar System’s Highest Mountain, Used to be an Island

Two volcanoes on Mars, Olympus Mons and Alba Mons,...
Natural diamond nestled in kimberlite.

Mystery Solved: How Diamonds Reach the Earth’s Surface

Diamonds form hundreds of kilometers below the surface of...
The HTHH eruption from space.

Tonga Eruption Caused the Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever

On January 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’api (HTHH)...
The HTHH eruption as seen from space

2022 Tonga Eruption Spawned ‘Mega-Tsunami’ 85 Meters Tall, Rivaling Krakatoa

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) submarine volcano erupted...
a partial lunar eclipse

Medieval Astronomers Shed Light on Thousand-Year-Old Volcanic Eruptions

Close observers of the moon in the 12th and...
Venus photo from space

Scientists Discover Thousands of Previously Unknown Volcanoes on Venus

Scientists using new methods to analyze decades-old data from...
mount michael with clouds and sun in background

A First Ascent of ‘Earth’s Loneliest Volcano’

There’s a lonely volcano in the South Atlantic Ocean,...
fire of love still tinfoil figure in front of lava

Review: ‘Fire of Love’: Came For the Romance, Stayed For the Volcanoes

There’s a lot that's enticing about Fire of Love....
Klyuchevskaya

Volcano in Kamchatka Erupts After Killing 9 Last Summer

The highest active volcano in Eurasia erupted on Nov....

Updated: Only Three Survive the Ordeal on Klyuchevskaya

Only three of the 12 climbers on Klyuchevskaya volcano...

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