Scientists are tracking changes at the giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park, but they say there's no need to worry at the moment. “The western part of the Yellowstone caldera ...

Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed ...

Volcanic eruptions at Earth’s surface have significant consequences. Smaller ones can scare tourists on Mount Etna or disrupt air traffic. Giant, large-scale eruptions can have more serious impacts.

Yellowstone National Park, with its stunning geysers and captivating scenery, is one of the most well-known and popular national parks in the country. That meant many people were around to see, flee ...

Two years ago, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano blew its top, destroying the island of the same name, forcing mass evacuations, covering Tonga in ash, and causing several deaths. Predicting these ...

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused by mantle plumes that rise from shifting underground mountains deep within ...

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FARGO — Every few decades or so, a volcanic eruption sends enough tiny particles and gasses into the stratosphere to produce a measurable cooling of Earth's climate. The impacts are usually relatively ...