When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a plume nearly five miles high. A new study by an international team of researchers revealed ...

A typically quiet volcano in southeastern Iran has risen by about 3.5 inches, and it has not settled back down. This sudden change occurred between July 2023 and May 2024 at the Taftan volcano, a ...

Between 1347 and 1353 AD, the Black Death — a bubonic plague pandemic — moved across Europe, killing upwards of 50 million people, or an estimated 50 per cent of Europe’s 14th-century population. To ...

What’s new: Following the discovery of the underwater Borealis Mud Volcano on the Arctic seabed in 2023, researchers have now confirmed that the methane-spewing volcano is home to a diverse array of ...

Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. In ...

(NewsNation) — Did a tropical volcanic eruption in 1345 trigger the Black Death pandemic that ended up decimating up to half of Europe’s population? That’s what researchers suggest in a new scientific ...

Ash erupted high into the atmosphere from Kīlauea in 2018. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a ...