Three tiny glass beads, from a sample of 3,000 taken from the Moon, have revealed evidence of recent volcanic activity. Previous scientific estimates suggested volcanic activity ended more than 2 ...

Recent observations show that lava has been overflowing intermittently from both the north and south vents of Kilauea. The USGS reported that this overflow occurred overnight with only brief pauses in ...

Yellowstone National Park, renowned for its geothermal features and volcanic history, is beginning to show signs of renewed activity after remaining inactive for approximately 160,000 years. Recent ...

Phivolcs raises Mayon Volcano's alert level further as the collapse of the lava dome at the volcano's summit generates ...

Lionel Wilson has in the past received funding from the Leverhulme Trust for work on lunar volcanism. Volcanoes were erupting on the Moon as recently as 120 million years ago, evidence collected by a ...

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide live within 100 kilometres of a volcano that has experienced at least one significant eruption. Yet the ...

The Taftan volcano in Iran frequently expels gas, but has not erupted. A volcano that has been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years could be gearing up for a massive explosion, according to new ...

Simon Carn, a world authority on satellite-powered analysis of global volcanic activity, is the winner of the 2024 Michigan Technological University Research Award. Carn has scaled many mountains ...

Natural disasters, from wildfires, floods and mudslides in western states to large earthquakes in Japan, have rocked, burned and flooded parts of the world in the first months of 2025. What’s next?

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the science agency of the U.S. Department of Interior. Our job is to obtain and share science-based information about the ...