Italy's Mount Etna has erupted in spectacular fashion, sending ash, gas, and other volcanic material high into the sky above ...

Britain's air traffic service said Thursday it was extending a ban on most air traffic in England until 8 a.m. EDT Friday becuase ashes from a volcano ... from North America to Europe will be ...

The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull has brought disruption to the skies over Europe. The maps above show how flights have been restricted to flying around the ash cloud, shown in ...

Off the southern coast of Italy, the largest active volcano in Europe lies hidden beneath the ... Marsili cannot compete with Tamu Massif, beneath the north-west Pacific Ocean, which is around ...

EUROPEAN history is filled with tragic accounts of volcanoes and earthquakes wreaking ... A report presented at the Geological Society of America argued that five periods of intense seismic ...

You can check out the USGS Volcanic Hazard Program's map of the volcanoes it monitors (which includes the status of many of these volcanoes – all green currently). The area of North America ...

It is home to lush rainforests, active volcanoes ... map below to find Costa Rica’s exact location! Costa Rica is located in Central America, forming part of the narrow land bridge that connects ...

The last time Popo was spewing ash, I decided it was a great chance to write a story tentatively called “Popo: The Most Dangerous Volcano in North America.” The story came out of a drunken ...

Volcanoes of North America; a Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and Geology. By Israel C. Russell, Professor of Geology, University of Michigan, Pp. xiv + 346. (New York: The Macmillan Co ...

Mud volcanoes—relatively unheard of in North America, but prominent in volcanic regions around the globe—have quietly changed Earth’s landscape throughout our planet’s history. Eagle-eyed ...