The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

Introduction -- Global distribution of active volcanoes / Elizabeth Cottrell -- Basaltic lava flow hazard / Andrew J. L. Harris -- Impacts from volanic ash fall / Thomas M. Wilson, Susanna Jenkins, ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than from the likes of famous volcanoes such as Etna in Sicily or Yellowstone in ...

TOKYO (AP) — Mount Fuji hasn't erupted since 1707. But for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, Japanese officials have released computer- and AI-generated videos showing a simulation of a potential ...

Indonesia has around 130 active volcanoes -- the most in the world -- spread across over 17,000 islands. Read more at ...

In 1816, much of the Northern Hemisphere experienced something deeply unsettling: a summer that never arrived. Temperatures dropped sharply across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia; crops ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver-based program that responds to international volcanic eruptions could face elimination due to cuts being made by the Trump administration. The future of the Volcano ...

John Pallister, retired chief of the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, looks over an example of a field installation used for monitoring a volcano at the USGS office in Vancouver in 2016. (Amanda ...