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

Yet it has produced violent explosive eruptions, including the last one 355,000 years ago, which ejected up to 11.5 cubic miles (30 km³) of burning ash and molten rock into the atmosphere.

Yellowstone harbors two primary magma types, with basaltic magma fuelling most of Earth's volcanic eruptions, reports the ...

Scientists predict that a mile-wide submarine volcano named the Axial Seamount will blow its stack near the US West Coast by the end of 2025. "The eruptions are pretty big," said a volcanologist ...

Lava spewed Saturday from a new volcanic fissure on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, the fourth eruption to hit the area since December, authorities said. Latest U.S.

SEATTLE — The Pacific Northwest's most active underwater volcano is showing signs of an impending eruption, potentially occurring before the end of 2025, according to researchers at the ...

An island near Tonga that emerged from the ocean in 2015 was teeming with unique life-forms, but the 21st century's largest volcanic eruption completely obliterated it, a new study has revealed.

A volcanic eruption in what’s now Morocco preserved ancient trilobite specimens in nearly pristine condition about half a billion years ago, according to a new study.

Iceland volcano erupts for 7th time in a year 01:01. More than 130 earthquakes were registered Tuesday at Iceland's large Bardarbunga volcano, a possible precursor to an eruption among the several ...

Volcanic exhalations emit inhalable particle pollution known as Particulate Matter (PM). PM 2.5 is less common but far more dangerous for humans to breathe in than PM 10.

Ancient Volcanic Eruption in Pompeii Caused Heat Waves Turning People's Brain to Glass: Study This was caused by brief but intensely hot gas-particle flow from the eruption.