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 ...

Around eight volcanoes, both active and dormant, are scattered across the Indian subcontinent This 354m high active volcano is located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Last erupted in 2021 ...

Indonesian officials raised its alert status to the highest level and called for the evacuation of 3,000 people living in six ...

The eruption's knock-on effects may have been deadly: lower global temperatures preceded major famines in India and Japan in the 1830s, according to the study. "We know with large volcanic ...

The study reveals that while Deccan Volcanism caused significant disasters for fauna, its effects on flora were only ...

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A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has found that the Zavaritskii volcano on the remote, uninhabited island of Simushir - now a contested territory ...

Nearly two centuries after a massive volcanic eruption cooled Earth’s climate, scientists have identified the source: the Zavaritskii volcano in the remote Kuril Islands. For almost 200 years ...