The characteristics of volcanoes scattered across the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, including Baekdu Mountain, Halla Mountain, and Ulleungdo Island, have long been a puzzle in the geology commu ...

Researchers looked into tree rings and historical documents to shed light on the reason that brought the deadliest plague into Europe.

A volcano on Indonesia's main island of Java erupted on Wednesday, throwing ash and gas kilometres into the sky and forcing officials to raise the alert status to its highest level. Mount Semeru in ...

Indonesia’s Semeru volcano has erupted, unleashing fast-moving pyroclastic flows as the country’s volcanology agency increased the alert level of Java island’s tallest mountain to the highest. The ...

TOKYO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - A volcano on Japan's major western island of Kyushu erupted multiple times on Sunday, sending a plume of smoke and ash as high as 4.4 kilometres (2.73 miles) into the air and ...

Taal Volcano's minor phreatomagmatic eruption on Wednesday (November 12, 2025), is part of ongoing seismic activity, with 7 volcanic quakes recorded in the past 24 hours, indicating heightened unrest.

When you think of the United States, images of sprawling cities and vast landscapes might come to mind, but not the hidden and ever-present geological threat: volcanoes. While you might associate ...

The Taftan volcano in Iran frequently expels gas, but has not erupted. A volcano that has been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years could be gearing up for a massive explosion, according to new ...

Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano erupted for the first time in centuries on August 3, sending ash and gas nearly four miles into the atmosphere—less than 150 miles away from the epicenter of the ...

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