On December 25, 2024, in Afar, Ethiopia, @jebena_tours_ethiopia shared a video of Erta Ale volcano's mesmerizing display of ...

On December 25, 2024, in Afar, Ethiopia, @jabena_tours_ethiopia shared a video of a man lighting a cigarette on molten lava from the Erta Ale volcano. In the video, the man approaches the molten lava ...

Bizarre scenes at the Erta Ale volcano in Afar, Ethiopia, in late December: a man wanted to light his cigarette. But without a lighter to hand, he resorted to a more unconventional method.

Ethiopia’s Erta Ale volcano, one of the most active lava lakes on Earth, offers critical insights into active geological processes like those at mid-ocean ridges. New technology, including GPS devices ...

Lying deep in the African desert sits the colourful and supersaturated hot springs of the world's 'hottest' town.

Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, ...

In a terrifying close call, two trash workers narrowly escaped serious injury after an oxygen tank exploded while being ...

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new research finds. The findings have implications for monitoring volcanoes ...

Tremors as strong as magnitude five have raised concerns the volcano that forms Santorini's steep, picturesque cliffs, could erupt. The risk is high enough that Greek authorities convened an ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.