What if the raw power of lava could be transformed into the building material of the future? That’s the bold idea being toyed ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

These high lava fountains built the prominent Pu‘upua‘i cinder cone, which you can view on the Devastation Trail in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Hazards associated with lava fountaining include the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 3 after its explosive eruption on Dec. 9 ...

Restive Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island spewed ash three times lasting up to more than two hours, state volcanologists said Saturday in their latest 24-hour monitoring report. In its bulletin ...

What’s next? Lava is erupting from several volcanoes, including one in Hawaii. Nearly 50 volcanic eruptions have been recorded this year, and more are expected. The Axial Seamount, an underwater ...

Fortunately, the latest surge of volcanic activity has calmed down for now, according to Icelandic authorities. Iceland sits right on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a massive crack in the Earth’s ...

Whakaari/White Island is an active volcano that lies off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island The owners of a New Zealand volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, have had their ...

New Zealand's High Court has quashed a conviction handed to the owners of the offshore volcano Whakaari which erupted in 2019. The eruption killed 22 people, including 14 Australians.

“I suddenly saw small glassy remains glittering in the volcanic ash that filled the skull,” he tells MIT Technology Review via email. “It had a black appearance and shiny surfaces quite ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a young man died in the Vesuvius volcanic eruption, scientists have discovered that his brain was preserved when it turned to glass in an extremely hot cloud of ash.