Around 74,000 years ago, a volcano called Toba in Sumatra exploded, and some scientists think it had a serious impact on the ...

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Volcano eruptions are rare enough as it is, but sometimes, even the most dormant volcanoes can have a sudden impact on the ...

Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano has roared back after millennia, sending ash across regions. Here’s 10 biggest volcanic blasts and their immense global impacts.

With an eruption of Iceland's most potent volcano 'overdue', driving the country's new Volcanic Way is a dramatic thrill ...

The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past ...

Volcanic ash clouds are rare. But when Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted in 2010, it caused global travel chaos. UK and European airspace was shut or partially shut, leading to the worst ...

Mount Semeru erupted again on Dec 10, 2025, marking its 14th eruption this week. PVMBG issued an alert, advising against activities near Besuk Kobokan. Semeru has the most eruptions in Indonesia for 2 ...

A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has identified the earliest supernova on record, according to a statement released ...