This catastrophic event unfolded in Galveston, Texas, leaving a trail of destruction and claiming over 8,000 lives. The ...

suggests that the composition of magma could drive tremors during volcanic eruptions. The findings ... Unveiling a Century of Stress and Deformation: Insights from Kilauea Volcano's 1975 ...

Solar geoengineering, if weaponised, has the potential to deepen global inequality and escalate conflicts worldwide.

Sampling sediment cores off the Peloponnese in the Aegean Sea. Credit: Andreas Koutsodendris A recent study conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has uncovered the earliest known ...

The huge caldera—6 kilometers in diameter and 1,100 meters deep—formed when Tambora’s estimated 4,000-meter-high peak was removed, and the magma chamber below emptied during the 1815 eruption. Today ...

That was the year after the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which became known as “the year without a summer” because of how it dimmed the sun. “It was the coldest summer ever recorded in ...

Amazing satellite images come as scientists warn Vesuvius eruption may be closer than we think. Credit: NASA/Landsat/Joshua Stevens Awe-inspiring satellite photos depict one of the worlds most ...

Phase 7 of the Kīlauea eruption on Jan. 27, 2025. This photo was taken at the first overlook on the Keanakākoʻi side of the caldera. Kīlauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, spewed lava once ...

At approximately 1:30 p.m. local time Monday, the volcano released a "small, sporadic splatter foundation," which then continued to increase in intensity until 6:41 p.m., when the eruptions began.

A 32-hours nightmare: Minute-by-minute reconstruction of the eruption that turned people into glass. (photo credit: Sailorr. Via Shutterstock) New research unveiled a detailed, minute-by-minute ...

The eruption of Toba about 74,000 years ago was 1,000 times as large as that of Tambora or Krakatau. It didn’t just trigger a summerless year or a short cold spell spanning several years ...

The next super eruption could happen in the relatively near future, an event for which we are largely unprepared. In 1815 in Indonesia, Mount Tambora erupted for several days, resulting in ...