Magma is recharging rapidly beneath the Svartsengi area on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, and new peer-reviewed research published on 5 May 2026 maps the underground plumbing system that feeds the ...

Sheveluch volcano eruption 2026 adds another chapter to July's record-setting ash sequence, with VAAC Tokyo logging a Flight ...

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For UK travellers typing “Where is the best place to see the Northern Lights in Eurasia?” into their browsers, the predictable answers have always been Reykjavík or Tromsø. Yet the upcoming 2026/27 ...

If someone showed you photos of Mono Lake without context, you’d probably guess they were filming the next big space epic ...

Time-lapse footage of a minor phreatomagmatic eruption at the Taal Main Crater at 1:45 p.m. on April 10, 2026. The event generated a 200-meter plume, as captured by the Main Crater (VTMC) and Daang ...

A photo of a cave where the side walls are ribbed and lit in a butterfly pattern. Credit: Craig Bettenhausen/C&EN C&EN reporter Craig Bettenhausen was in Iceland in early October en route from the ...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff are often asked, “Will lava erupted during the ongoing Kilauea summit eruption in ...

An island could form in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea, as a new underwater volcano erupts close to the surface.

Terrified tourists were seen scrambling for cover as they were pelted with lava from an exploding volcano in Guatemala. Hikers tried to avoid being struck by chunks of burning rocks after Volcán de ...

A patch of water south of Greenland and Iceland has cooled by nearly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. A new study suggests that it shows a crucial system of ocean currents is weakening, which could ...

Volcanic activity encompasses all processes associated with the movement and eruption of magma and volatiles from Earth’s interior to its surface, including effusive lava flows, explosive eruptions, ...