One notable incident came on May 22, 1919, when a barrage of eruptive activity caused a 1,000-kilogram (2,205-pound) block of ...

A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes ...

A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping ...

Volcanic lightning is a striking and multifaceted phenomenon that occurs during explosive eruptions, when vigorous interactions between fragmented ash particles, volcanic gases and environmental ...

The atmosphere is still feeling the effects of the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga-Tonga volcano in the southern Pacific ...

Record Numbers Define the Current Volcanic Crisis The Ring of Fire has witnessed over 50 volcanic eruptions between mid-2023 ...

An image of Augustine erupting on January 13, 2006, from about 50 miles away from the volcano. Courtesy of Gerald Andrew When Mount St. Augustine in Alaska erupted in mid-January 2006 for the first ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, erupted for a second straight day, sending a column of volcanic materials and ash up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) into the sky early ...

A wedding photographer captured smoke and lightning behind the couple. Love was in the air along with ash, smoke and lightning during one couple's wedding in the Philippines on Sunday. As thousands ...

Lava from the volcano’s crater reached the ocean for the first time since 2013. — -- A Hawaiian volcano was ready for its close-up. A smiley face was spotted in the Kilauea volcano's crater ...