Early humans in Ethiopia survived the Toba supervolcano eruption by shifting to river foods, revealing how drought shaped ...

Understanding what triggers large volcanic eruptions is crucial for hazard assessment, but the exact mechanism driving these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flea depicted in a digitally colorized microscope image. (CDC/Ken Gage / Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) (CDC/Ken Gage) When ...

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of tourists at the internationally known Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, the national broadcaster RUV reported. The ...

When the Black Death swept through Europe beginning in 1347, the plague wiped out more than half of the continent’s population, upending societies and interrupting wars. New research suggests that a ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flights have been cancelled and journeys severely delayed after an Indonesian volcano near Bali erupted on Monday, sending ...

Mount Etna eruption live: Volcanic blast which sent tourists fleeing was most powerful in four years - Footage shared on social media shows huge clouds of black smoke after the eruption ...

The 1980 eruption cycle made Mount St. Helens one of the most famous and now best-monitored volcanoes in the Cascades. But it is far from the only volcano in the range. From southern British Columbia ...

When massive volcanic eruptions occur, they inject millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where it forms sulfate aerosols that scatter incoming solar radiation and result in global ...