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 ...

Major Geological Events Seem to Follow a Rhythmic Pattern of 27.5 Million Years, Researchers Call It Earth’s ‘Pulse' Dozens ...

"Rootless cones form when lava flows over wet or icy ground, causing it to boil and explode," said Dundas. "The region around ...

What's it like standing on the slopes of an active, erupting volcano? Volcanologist Tamsin Mather takes us on her journey to some of the world's biggest volcanoes.

Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern ...

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

This recent discovery sheds light on a complex interaction between ice melt and volcanic activity ... increasing the risk of subglacial eruptions. These eruptions could, in turn, accelerate melting, ...

There are roughly two dozen or so volcanoes in a state of “unrest” or erupting somewhere on the planet. 2025 has been no ...

An explosive eruption at Sakurajima volcano sent a plume of ash 1000 meters above the crater on. This marks the 11th ...

Volcanoes have been proposed as the reason for the extinction of the Neanderthals and the hobbits of Indonesia, but the end ...

M ore than a hundred volcanoes lie beneath the Antarctic ice, and the release of some of the weight upon them could spur them ...

Satellites spotted a "ghost" Island - and then watched it vanish. The landmass emerged from the Caspian Sea after a mud ...