When Mount Ruang in Indonesia underwent multiple explosive eruptions last week, volcanic gases were flung so high they reached the atmosphere’s second layer, tens of thousands of feet above ground.

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As Johan Gilchrist and a team of researchers ascended Sabancaya — an active volcano in the Andes of southern Peru — the volcanologist heard an alert he would never forget. "All of a sudden I hear on ...

Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland began erupting Monday following heightened seismic activity in the area, the country’s meteorological authorities said, 11 months after ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Thursday for the third time since December, sending jets of lava into the sky, triggering the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon ...

Predicting eruptions is already an incredibly complex task and will become even more difficult as we begin to factor in risk posed by severe weather that could destabilize parts of a volcano. The ...