Scientists Dated the Catastrophic Pompeii Eruption Using Only Rocks. Here’s How Close They Got
“Argon-argon dating” is a common technique scientists use to reveal when a geological event, such as a volcanic…
US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption
In this animation, frames of NISAR data from December 2025 to August 2026 show the spread of lava…
With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions
As part of this work, hundreds of seismometers, as well as networks of fiber-optic cables, will be used…
A Bright Spot at Mount Michael
Winter near the Antarctic Circle brings months of frozen darkness, when sea ice chokes ocean waters and many…
Volcano eruption grounds flights at Indonesia’s Jakarta airport
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday, prompting the cancellation of all flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport…
Cascade Volcanoes Shrouded in Smoke
In a contrast of fire and ice, smoke from wildland fires mingled with several of the Cascade Range’s…
‘Possible early warning’ – Volcanic activity rises under Mt Ruapehu
Scientists are monitoring Mount Ruapehu after an increase in volcanic activity has been detected. It is in a…
Huge magma systems on Mars existed below the surface
View larger. | This Mars Express spacecraft view shows Olympus Mons on Mars, the largest volcano in the…
‘I cried. I was in awe’: The day Ruapehu erupted over 30 years ago
When Ruapehu erupted on September 23, 1995, Korty Wilson wasn’t afraid. By Moana Ellis of Local Democracy Reporting…
New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea
It’s a truism among oceanographers that there is more accurate mapping of the surface of the Moon and…
Volcano helped clean up after it erupted
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A violent…
Earth’s Longest Ice Age May Have Repeatedly Thawed and Refrozen for 56 Million Years
Artistic representation of a Snowball Earth. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. The Sturtian glaciation was one of the most extreme…