Geophysics professor Jeffrey Johnson and geoscience postdoctoral research fellow Janine Andrys tackle three questions asked by kids, all about volcanoes ...

Hawaii's Kīlauea Volcano shows intense activity with lava fountains up to 1,000 feet. The USGS notes "numerous episodes of dual lava fountains since the eruption began." ...

Axial Seamount, a submarine volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, could erupt for the first time since 2015, spewing “very fluid lava” into the sea where scientists were recording more ...

A volcano erupted on Wednesday in southwest Iceland, authorities said, with live media images showing it belched smoke and ...

The first signs of Kilauea Volcano’s 20th episode have begun, with low-level, precursory activity Monday morning, according to scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Each time, the volcano has sent lava shooting high into the sky from caldera vents, creating a dramatic sight for park visitors. The eruption of the Kilauea volcano on March 11, 2025 in Volcano ...

By 1:40 a.m. Friday, the lava fountains erupting from the volcano's north vent were reaching heights of over 1,000 feet, the observatory said. That intensity overlapped with an increase in seismic ...

The USGS has announced that Kilauea volcano is ejecting fountains of lava in a manner not seen since the Pu'u'ō'ō eruption in the 1980s. But while the lava is mesmerizing, officials warn that ...

Lava began bubbling out of Hawaii’s most active volcano once again on Tuesday as Kilauea’s sporadic eruption resumed. The eruption restarted at midday when molten rock began pouring out of a ...

The volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has been erupting on-and-off since Dec. 23. It's shot tall fountains of lava high into the air and spilled molten rock across the caldera floor each time it ...

Lava approaches Kapoho Bay in Hawaii, left, June 3, 2018, and June 5, 2018. Lava from the Kilauea volcano destroyed hundreds of homes in a mostly rural area on the Big Island of Hawaii.