A catastrophic volcanic eruption 7,300 years ago devastated Japan, but new research reveals that its impact on prehistoric ...

Huge rafts of pumice spewed by an undersea volcano have traveled some 1,400 kilometers and started lapping against the shores ...

Nothing is more terrifying than a huge volcanic eruption filling the sky. Here are the top ten biggest volcanic events ever ...

A new international study led by Lund University examines what happened to population levels after the Kikai-Akahoya volcanic eruption in prehistoric Japan. The results paint a more complex picture ...

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a restless mountain collapsed into the sea in 1792, the impact hurled a towering ...

“This eruption must have been devastating, exploding out of the sea bed with little warning. It battered the Japanese islands with powerful earthquakes and enormous tsunamis, and then blanketed the ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than from the likes of famous volcanoes such as Etna in Sicily or Yellowstone in ...

Volcanoes are some of the most powerful natural forces on Earth, capable of reshaping entire regions in a matter of hours.Their true impact is typically measured by the communities they effect.

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and extreme heat can have devastating effects on ...

How might climate change affect eruptions from Osorno volcano in Chile and vice versa? Source: Ilan Kelman Are climate change and tectonic processes linked? We must examine both directions: volcanic ...