When massive volcanic eruptions occur, they inject millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where it forms sulfate aerosols that scatter incoming solar radiation and result in global ...

Around 631,000 years ago-a geological blink of an eye-catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US. During what is thought to have been a series of immense volcanic eruptions, life ...

A volcano that has been silent since about 1550 began erupting after a big quake. A radar satellite recorded its lava spreading, twice every 12 days.

According to Pliny the Younger, Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24th, 79 CE. That date is now helping geochronologists ...

Experts have revealed a blow-by-blow account of what would happen if a Yellowstone super-eruption took place today.

When we think of a volcanic eruption, rivers of glowing lava or giant columns of ash come to mind. But beneath Earth's ...

As reported in previous articles, there are over 1,500 active volcanoes around the Earth with an average of 50-70 eruptions ...

Volcanoes reshaping climate Large volcanic eruptions can affect places far beyond the volcano itself. When an eruption sends sulfur-rich gases high into the atmosphere, they form aerosol particles ...

When the Black Death swept through Europe beginning in 1347, the plague wiped out more than half of the continent’s population, upending societies and interrupting wars. New research suggests that a ...