Early humans in Ethiopia survived the Toba supervolcano eruption by shifting to river foods, revealing how drought shaped survival.

Kīlauea’s 2026 eruption shows increased lava fountains and ash spread, with volcanic plumes affecting communities up to 50 miles away. Learn how episodes drive the activity.

Back in January, SFGATE was on the ground in the national park during a previous eruption episode that also rained tephra ...

The eruptions at Kilauea prompted closures at a national park and part of a highway because of falling glassy volcanic fragments, including ash.

A new detection method called “Jerk” could dramatically improve how scientists forecast volcanic eruptions. By using a single broadband seismometer, the system can detect extremely subtle ground ...

From the rice paddies of South Asia to the wheat fields of northern China, summer monsoon rains sustain the livelihoods of ...

Imagine Mother Nature writing her own disaster movie. Indonesia’s recent volcanic eruption was like that, with signs everyone missed. It was like a Shakespearean tragedy, with the earth as the main ...

HONOLULU — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea's 31st display ...

The Mongol Empire, once the largest contiguous land empire in history, began to fragment in the 1260s. Traditional explanations for its dissolution focus on internal strife following the death of ...

Volcanoes are often framed as spectacular local disasters, but a growing body of research argues that the most dangerous eruptions may come from poorly monitored or even hidden systems that could ...

Forecasting volcanic eruptions in time to alert authorities and populations remains a major global challenge. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers and engineers from the Institut ...

The African continent is splitting along a triple junction of rifts that converge in Afar, Ethiopia. A new ocean may take ...