Santorini lit up with drones and fireworks during Ifestia 2026, featuring a spectacular volcanic eruption reenactment.

Mount Etna’s ancient eruptions followed radically different paths, with some magma lingering near the surface for weeks while ...

A Caribbean volcano responsible for one of the deadliest eruptions in history has shown a spike in seismic activity, sparking concerns that it could potentially blow again. Situated on the Caribbean ...

Predicting volcanic eruptions before they occur is valuable for obvious reasons. The earlier scientists detect signs of an imminent eruption, the more time people will have to evacuate potentially ...

Two weeks ago, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three distinct, short-lived explosions in less than five minutes at Taal Volcano. The eruption sent a column of ash and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it ...

ONE OF ETNA'S ERUPTIONS GAVE WEEKS OF WARNING. THE OTHER GAVE ALMOST NONE. There is an assumption buried inside almost everything we do about volcanoes, and most people have never noticed it is there.