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Hovering over the volcano, a buzzing drone pauses in front of a laser beam on the crater's edge as researchers test whether ...

Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A ...

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The volcano at Newberry National Volcanic Monument has great cultural significance to the Northern Paiute. According to tribal legend, a mythological figure named Coyote climbed to the top of Paulina ...

Who will stop the Rain-ier? Scientists are warning that Washington’s Mount Rainier could unleash a catastrophic mudslide that has the potential to devastate three large towns within minutes. Often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Closely spaced volcanic plumes, surrounded by clouds, stream from a growing underwater volcanic platform in this natural-color ...

For a split second, a fireball outshone the rivers of molten lava flowing from the Philippines’ most active volcano. By Robin George Andrews As night fell over the island of Luzon in the Philippines ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption was the largest eruption in the 21 st century, sending up the highest plume ever recorded. A new ...

Is a massive volcanic eruption about to wipe central Oregon off the map? If you spend much time on social media, you might have seen some popular videos claiming that’s exactly what’s about to happen.