Volcanic eruptions are notoriously hard to predict in advance, but after 10 years of research, one team thinks they have the ...

A team of geologists have developed a new method to detect when a volcano may be about to erupt, giving at least eight hours ...

An underwater volcano off the Oregon coast could erupt late this year, scientists say. The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is more than 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and 300 miles off the ...

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A new model of Yellowstone’s magma system suggests it is fueled by melts from the shallow mantle, guided by tectonic forces, ...

Volcanic eruption prediction methods encompass quantitative and qualitative techniques aimed at forecasting the onset, magnitude, and style of eruptive activity by integrating multi-parameter ...

Scientists reveal how the behavior of gases inside magma chambers could trigger the eruption of major volcanoes.

The Kikai Caldera. (Seama Nobukazu/CC BY 4.0) About 7,300 years ago, a volcano off Japan's Kyushu island unleashed what ...

The central government has increased personnel and strengthened monitoring but is still struggling to predict eruptions among ...

Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, ...

Spectacular” — and spectacularly brief — is how Sarah Williams, front desk receptionist at Volcano House in Hawai‘i Volcanoes ...

A volcano near Alaska's largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months has increased.