As reported in previous articles, there are over 1,500 active volcanoes around the Earth with an average of 50-70 eruptions ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it ...

Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883. One might assume that ...

Sakurajima, the stratovolcano that looms across Kinko Bay from the 600,000 residents of Kagoshima City in southern Japan, has been throwing volcanic bombs as far as 1,300 meters from its Minamidake ...

MEXICO. Today, there were new reports of more activity in the Popocatepetl volcano, where there was a new eruptive explosion that threw a column of ash more than three kilometers above the crater and ...

Volcanoes are among the most powerful forces on Earth, capable of reshaping landscapes and creating some of nature’s most dramatic events. Studying these eruptions is challenging because scientists ...

Towering explosions, flowing bright red lava and heroic scientists battling to save communities at risk have become the defining image of volcanoes in popular culture, from disaster films to epic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volcanoes are among the most powerful forces on Earth, capable of reshaping landscapes and creating some of nature's most dramatic ...