People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

The Bárðarbunga volcano system was responsible for Iceland's largest eruption for 300 years back in 2014. After a recent ...

The event, which took place in 1831, was one of the largest eruptions of ... poor understanding of their eruptive history—i.e. the size and date of past eruptions," study lead author William ...

The climate-altering eruption came from the Zavaritskii volcano on an uninhabited island in the Pacific that once hosted a ...

Located on the southern end of the Danish island of Bornholm, these stones are flat pieces of shale featuring intricately ...

In 1815, Mount Tambora experienced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption's effects altered Earth’s climate for years and even led to the “year without summer” in 1816.

Zavaritskii’s last known eruption was in 800 BC. “For many of Earth’s volcanoes, particularly those in remote areas, we have a very poor understanding of their eruptive history,” said lead ...

The biggest volcanic eruptions change history. They destroy cities. Or civilizations. One of them may have nearly wiped out humanity. Do we have your attention? Good! To measure these eruptions ...

Bárðarbunga – the second-largest volcano in the country – has been hit with a swarm of 130 earthquakes within just five hours. This is a key sign an eruption could be imminent, ...