The trip was a chance to show off new technologies developed in the Boise State lab. What Mock did not know at the outset of ...

Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help ...

For thousands of years, wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope were rare. That changed sharply in the 20th century, when warming ...

Scientists are warning that volcanoes buried under ice sheets are not as dormant as they look. As glaciers thin and retreat, ...

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park's Kilauea volcano erupted for the first time this year, drawing hordes of crowds. Here's what ...

Recent activity indicates a projected eruption between Sunday and Wednesday, which would mark its 40th eruptive episode since ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the erupting fountains at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano were spewing lava as high as 1,250 feet. The glowing fountains created a visual spectacle at the west ...

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano spewed lava nearly 1,400 feet into the sky during an eruption that ended early Christmas Eve morning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The eruption, captured live ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...

Stark has made a name for itself by doing things the extreme way. Now the world’s fastest enduro has climbed higher than any motorcycle ever has, a record that's currently being verified by the folks ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea—one of Earth’s most active volcanoes—is bringing the drama. On December 6 lava fountains in the Halema‘uma‘u crater at the shield volcano’s summit spewed more than 1,000 feet into the ...

University of Birmingham volcanologist Mike Cassidy argued that the biggest danger could come, not from Yellowstone and Mount Etna, but from hidden volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely ...