The PHIVOLCS Volcano Alert Level Scheme is a guide to understanding the state of an active volcano, the current threat it ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

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, ...

Volcanoes that dominate postcards and disaster movies are often the ones we can see, their peaks etched against the sky. Yet ...

In this aerial photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, an eruption takes place on the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP) HAWAII ...

The updated U.S. Geological Survey assessment finds that 161 U.S. volcanoes pose potential threats to American lives and property, eight fewer than in 2005. The eighteen very highest threat volcanoes ...

For decades, scientists believed that magma chambers beneath volcanoes were transient, forming before an eruption and then ...

Last month, the Hawai‘i County Civil Defense Agency, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, and the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory adopted the Island of Hawai‘i Interagency Operations ...

KILAUEA, Hawaii -- The world's most active volcano, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, resumed its latest eruption on Wednesday. Volcanic activity was noted just before 3 p.m. local time in Hawaii Volcanoes ...

Residents and visitors alike have been watching episodic lava fountains in Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kilauea since late December 2024. While beautiful and safe to view, this activity has left ...

The world's most active volcano, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, resumed its latest eruption on Wednesday. Volcanic activity was noted just before 3 p.m. local time in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The ...