Surviving a supervolcano eruption around 74,000 years ago may have facilitated human dispersal from Africa, researchers report.
When researchers reconstructed lava flows on Mars, they realized the red planet is a lot more active than they previously thought.
Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions, and not a meteorite plummeting to Earth, may have led to dinosaurs' extinction.
Massive volcanic eruptions over the past 260 million years caused lethal climate change that led to mass extinctions, researchers say.
Researchers offer the first description of the animal communities around the asphalt volcanoes off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.
The Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland reveals a process far more dynamic than anyone had assumed in two centuries of research.
Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano began erupting August 3. An expert explains what makes the country a "double whammy" for volcanic activity.
"People could stand near the lava lake rim and visit the lava flows coming out. But under the surface, there was lots more going on."
The Hunga volcano set off incredible atmospheric waves, the strongest recorded from a volcano since Krakatau erupted in 1883.
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