Dozens of people have died, hundreds are missing and many more homes were destroyed after separate volcanic eruptions in Hawaii and Guatemala that made headlines worldwide in recent months. And ...

It measures 310,000 square kilometres (119,000 square miles) and its ‘roots’ extend around 30 kilometres (18 miles) into the Earth’s crust. (For comparison, the US state of Washington is 184,661 ...

About 290 miles off the coast of Cannon Beach, Oregon, lies an underwater volcano called Axial Volcano. Axial erupts about once every ten years. Twice in the past year, news outlets have reported that ...

What if the most telling indications of an impending volcanic eruption are buried deep under the ocean, or in a fleeting succession of tiny quakes that no one perceives? As volcanoes of the Pacific ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Mexican scientists have created the first three-dimensional map of Popocatépetl’s interior, revealing multiple ...

From the very beginnings of human civilization, people have had to defend themselves from neighboring tribes and crusaders who sought to plunder other communities of their people and resources. No ...