Dense fumes are spewed out from several spots on the slope of Mt. Ontake as the volcano erupts in central Japan, Sept. 27, 2014. About 40 people who had been stranded on the mountain came down on ...

“We draw them as red balloons,” says Mike Poland, a geophysicist and scientist-in-charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. “They are not. But it’s a very difficult thing to represent.” ...

A volcano has erupted near a popular ski resort in the Andes mountains of Chile, spewing smoke and ash two kilometres in the air. The Nevados de Chillán volcano is part of one of the most active ...

Tokyo: A volcanic eruption Tuesday sent rocks raining down on a Japanese ski slope and triggered an avalanche that killed a soldier and injured at least a dozen others. Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, an ...

New Zealand's largest active volcano, Mount Ruapehu in the North Island, has been showing signs of increased activity and scientists are warning it may erupt. But up on the mountain tourism ...

Climate change could trigger volcanic eruptions across the world, warn scientists. Melting of ice on volcanoes can increase risk of landslides and destabilise magma ‘plumbing system’ inside ...

TOKYO – One of Japan’s most active volcanos erupted spectacularly Friday evening with a fiery blast that sent lava rolling down its slope. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said Sakurajima on ...