The Canary Islands volcano sent an ash plume across the Atlantic right as hurricane season went quiet.
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Cumbre Vieja adds another hazard as lava continues to pour into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Known as “laze,” these toxic fumes can damage lungs and skin—and even result in death.
If lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano reaches the Atlantic Ocean, it could trigger explosions and the release of…
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New evidence suggests the ancient Maya recovered faster from the natural disaster than previously thought.
Don’t underestimate the potential of small volcanoes to cause global catastrophe, scientists warn in a new paper.
New laboratory data indicates that if the gas phosphine is on Venus, it could come from deep in the planet’s…
The Toba super-eruption of some 74,000 years ago has long intrigued scientists, who remain uncertain about how the…
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On Saturday, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo volcano suddenly erupted, forcing thousands to flee…
Thousands of people in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have fled their homes as the La Soufrière volcano, located in…
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On Friday, the small Caribbean island of St. Vincent became the epicenter of the seismic world when La Soufriere…
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Volcanoes can kill you in many different ways. Are you on their slopes? A volcanic avalanche of superheated ash and…
In March 2016, a research team dropped 39 seismometers to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the western tip of…
When a colossal plume of ash and lava exploded from Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, few people probably…
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano began erupting this past weekend. On Saturday, it spewed a stream of thick, white…
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Three months and countless Olympic swimming pools of lava later, Kilauea seems to have pressed the pause button on…
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Kilauea’s days of pumping old, stale magma to the surface are officially over and done. According to scientists with…
After three weeks, the eruption at Kilauea volcano’s lower East Rift Zone shows no signs of abatement. In fact,…