On the morning of May 18, 1980, the most destructive volcanic eruption in United States history killed 57 people in Washington State. The enormous column of ash that was unleashed by Mount St. Helens ...

Learn more about the volcanic island of Nishinoshima and how its frequent eruptions are helping scientists understand how ...

In recent years, predictive technologies for volcanic eruptions have advanced significantly, particularly with the ...

FILE - The top of Mount Fuji is seen in Fujikawaguchiko town, about 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of Tokyo, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File) TOKYO (AP) — Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since ...

Archaeologists find out the reach and impact of the Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago by analyzing cryptotephra.

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The revised plan details everything from clearing key roads to stockpiling masks and goggles, as Tokyo prepares for a ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver-based program that responds to international volcanic eruptions could face elimination due to cuts being made by the Trump administration. The future of the Volcano ...

John Pallister, retired chief of the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, looks over an example of a field installation used for monitoring a volcano at the USGS office in Vancouver in 2016. (Amanda ...

Volcanic eruptions on the remote island of Nishinoshima repeatedly wipe the land clean, giving scientists a rare chance to study life’s earliest stages. Researchers traced the genetic origins of an ...