YAMANAKAKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Solidified lava from eruptions of Mount Fuji in the distant past offers frightening clues of what awaits if the sacred mountain blows its top again. Researchers ...

One of the world's most active volcanoes erupted over 1,000 times in the first 19 days of 2025, producing ash clouds over two miles high.

Japan's government and experts have issued a warning about the increasing likelihood of a mega-earthquake striking the nation ...

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 ...

One of the last things you'd think could be lost is a volcano. Yet, when we look at the record of volcanic activity, even in the past few hundred years, there are signals that a large eruption ...

Kilauea's volcanic activity on Wednesday marked the fifth episode since the latest eruption began in December 2024.

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The theme of the main venue is "Beautiful Mt. Fuji." Using the latest LED technology, the display features a 35-meter-tall LED centerpiece modeled after Mount Fuji standing above a sea of lights.

A massive volcanic eruption may have helped to set in motion the development of one of South America’s earliest complex societies. Experts have identified ashy layers at multiple Bolivian sites ...

Mount Ibu, on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, sent a column of smoke up to four kilometers (2.5 miles) into the sky in an eruption Wednesday. Indonesian officials raised ...