If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. In ...

American Samoa is a United States territory which comprises the easternmost islands of a volcanic island chain formed by the Samoan hotspot in the South Pacific Ocean. Its small islands are the tops ...

Fifty years ago this month, the largest Hawaii earthquake of the 20th and 21st centuries occurred. Earthquake shaking, as well as ground subsidence and local tsunami, contributed to a catastrophic ...

A once-in-12,000-years volcanic eruption in Ethiopia sent ash plumes drifting as far as India and China. Intense monsoon rains triggered severe flooding across parts of India and Pakistan. Indonesia ...

The Pacific 'Ring of Fire' is surging into public consciousness once again, following recent volcanic headlines from the Hayli Gubbi eruption in Ethiopia — a dramatic event involving thick ash plumes ...

Several hundred volcanoes lie dormant beneath the Eifel in western Germany. They are typical examples of what is known as distributed volcanic fields. To better understand their formation and activity ...

Located on the island of Sicily, in Italy, Mount Etna is one of the world's most active volcanoes. Documentation of its many eruptions stretches back as far as 2,700 years ago, with the most recent ...

Russia experiences a volcanic eruption, inside the parent-led movement for phone-free schools, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x When the sixth-strongest earthquake ever recorded hit Russia’s ...

Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The sixth strongest earthquake ever recorded struck Russia’s far east Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29 and has seemingly triggered a string of nearby volcanoes. According to the United States Geological ...