Scientists have identified the “mystery volcano” that erupted in 1831 and cooled Earth’s climate. They have linked it to an ...

The mystery location of a giant volcanic eruption that has puzzled scientists for almost 200 years has finally been solved, ...

According to the analysis, the mystery volcano was Zavaritskii (also spelled Zavaritsky) on Simushir Island, part of the Kuril Islands archipelago, an area disputed by Russia and Japan.

The Kuril Islands are a volcanic archipelago stretching across more than 800 miles of the northwest Pacific between Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands, and the Kamchatka Peninsula ...

Residents in northeastern Ethiopia have been moved to temporary shelters following fears of a potential volcanic eruption. Authorities have begun to evacuate residents in northeastern Ethiopia ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A volcano in northeastern Ethiopia was showing signs of starting to erupt on Friday, prompting authorities to move residents to temporary shelters, a state ...

“The western part of the Yellowstone caldera is waning,” said Ninfa Bennington, a volcano geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and lead author on a paper in Wednesday’s edition of ...

The Yellowstone Caldera—the name refers to the large crater left behind after an eruption—is one of the largest volcanic systems on Earth. It is fed by the "Yellowstone Hotspot," where hot ...

YOGYAKARTA--Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the country, forcing the ...

Yellowstone National Park is home to many of the largest known volcanic eruptions on the planet, and scientists have new research that is helping determine when – and where in the park – the next one ...