Ethiopian volcano eruption: According to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, this volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first time in about 12,000 years. The eruption did not ...

Volcanoes are often framed as nature’s most violent spectacles, yet some of the largest on Earth ooze lava quietly for years without a single dramatic blast. Scientists have now pulled together a ...

Mount Etna is more than half a million years old, but this massive stratovolcano in Sicily still has plenty of gas left in the tank. The 3,400-meter behemoth is the most active volcano in Europe, ...

Can a volcano erupt after tens of thousands of years of dormancy? If so, how can this be explained and what makes volcanic eruptions more dangerous? These are key questions in volcanic hazard ...

An ancient Irish volcano is challenging scientific understanding of how eruptions occur. The secrets that lie beneath Carlingford Mountain in Co Louth could improve monitoring of its active cousins ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than previously thought. New calculations by researchers at Washington University in ...

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OSLO (Reuters) - Small volcanic eruptions help explain a hiatus in global warming this century by dimming sunlight and offsetting a rise in emissions of heat-trapping gases to record highs, a study ...