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New research shows the blast triggered secondary gravity waves that rattled the upper atmosphere, where satellites orbit.
Yellowstone's supervolcano appears to have a magma cap that vents pressure and reduces the chances of a massive eruption happening anytime soon.
In 2024, a cutting-edge sensing technology was deployed on a densely populated and volcanically active region in Iceland.
Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in several years of warm and dry weather, ...
Lava fountains from a fissure in the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa during the 2022 eruption. It was the first time in 38 ...
Dozens of mini-earthquakes have rattled Alaska's Mount Spurr over the past week, sparking fears among scientists that the towering 11,000-foot volcano may be on the verge of a major eruption.
Residents in Alaska's largest city are bracing for a looming volcano eruption that scientists have warned could happen in a few weeks. Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall volcano, sits just 81 ...
He also said that it’s usual for these eruptions to start with lower flows, then get higher, as it continues. Kilauea volcano has not had an episodic eruption since 1986. “They’re not common ...
An animation of daily chlorophyll concentrations ... sequestration is a natural process that probably occurs whenever volcanic eruptions inject ash into the atmosphere and carry that particulate ...
Scientists said “episode 17” of Kilauea Volcano’s ongoing eruption ended at 9:45 a.m. today after low fountaining stopped at the south vent. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said this latest ...
The area around the volcano on the island of Negros was still under evacuation orders when Tuesday's eruption occurred. "An explosive eruption is currently occurring at the summit vent of Kanlaon ...