Travellers using Catania airport - one the main international gateways to Sicily - faced severe delays today thanks to Mount Etna’s latest eruption. The active volcano, Europe’s highest, has seen ...

A second volcano has erupted in Italy this week – as Mount Stromboli belched ash and lava just off the northern coast of Sicily. Local media report that the Italian fire department has enhanced its ...

In a fiery spray of lava and ash, Italy’s Mount Etna erupted on July 4, sending molten rock cascading down one of Europe’s most active volcanoes and causing a temporary shutdown of the Catania Airport ...

Two volcanoes, Italy's Stromboli and Mount Semeru in Indonesia, erupted on the same day, a week after Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Mount Semeru, which lies 400 miles southeast of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, ...

Italy’s University of Bologna is to this week make the debut flights of a purpose developed unmanned air vehicle intended for use in low altitude monitoring of volcanos. The EUR92,000 Raven UAV ...

Mt Stromboli, off the north coast of Sicily, has been erupting almost continuously for more than 2,000 years, but that's a sneeze compared to the ancient volcanic activity of Mars. According to new ...

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