Volcanic lightning is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs during explosive volcanic eruptions, where electrical discharges are generated within volcanic ash plumes. This electrification of ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began a new series of eruptions in December 2024. The world's most active volcano, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, resumed its latest eruption on Wednesday. Volcanic activity ...

Clouds of ash spewing from Chile's Puyehue volcano again grounded flights at airports in Uruguay and Argentina, where a major football tournament is being held. Scores of local and international ...

Hundreds of unusual discs unearthed in Denmark are revealing clues into how a Stone Age population responded to a devastating volcanic eruption nearly 5,000 years ago, a new study has found.

Throughout history, volcanic eruptions have had serious consequences for human societies such as cold weather, lack of sun, and low crop yields. In the year 43 BC when a volcano in Alaska spewed ...

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is erupting with fountains of lava. Check out a USGS livestream from within the Halema'uma'u crater. Kilauea volcano entered its fourth eruptive episode on Thursday ...

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An undersea volcano off Oregon's coast will probably erupt in 2025, scientists say. The volcano, known as Axial, is a seamount 300 miles (480 kilometers) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The Axial ...

During the eruption on January 15, 2022, an unprecedented level of lightning activity was detected in the volcanic plume, leading to a remarkable increase in SR intensity across multiple ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 3 after its explosive eruption on December 9.

Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island erupted twice in 2024, displacing close to 50,000 individuals or over 11,000 families in 32 barangays in Western Visayas and Central Visayas, according to the Office ...

Nearly two centuries after a massive volcanic eruption cooled Earth’s climate, scientists have identified the source: the Zavaritskii volcano in the remote Kuril Islands. For almost 200 years ...