Volcanoes might seem like nature’s incinerators, but using them to burn up trash would be dangerous and disrespectful to ...

HONOLULU — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea's 31st display ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava shoots high into the sky. Molten rock erupts from two vents simultaneously. The nighttime sky glows red and orange, reflecting the lava oozing across a summit crater. Scientists ...

Kilauea, the restless shield volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been erupting in dramatic, repeating bursts since late 2024, with lava fountains and volcanic gas-and-ash plumes rising high above the ...

ROME -- A giant explosion from an Italian volcano sent locals and tourists running for cover on Wednesday. Stromboli, a volcano located on a small island off the coast of Sicily, erupted, sending a ...

Richard Allred is visiting Hawaii from Alexandria, Virginia. He flew in a helicopter above the Leilani Estates fissures yesterday and captured these images. “Hard to distinguish what used to be homes ...

Volcanic crater lakes offer vital early warnings of eruptions. Scientists monitor subtle shifts in lake temperature, gas composition, and water chemistry. These changes reflect rising magma deep ...

Last week’s “Volcano Watch” article reviewed the lava fountaining eruption of Kilauea Iki in 1959. This week, we’ll continue looking back in time at the next episodic lava fountaining eruption in ...