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

In Italy, Mount Etna has reached its ninth consecutive day of volcanic activity, prompting flight cancelations.

An eruption of Mount Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily, produced a spectacular lava show that turned part of Europe's ...

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Some cities just happen to exist uncomfortably close to volcanoes. That kind of proximity affects routines, infrastructure, and how people think about risk. Scientists surveil shifting ground and ...

Above the clouds at the summit of Haleakala, the largest volcano on Maui, encompassing three-quarters of the island, I look out over the crater, stretching out in shades of red, black and brown. It’s ...

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 ...

Rincón de la Vieja has overtaken Turrialba and Poás as Costa Rica’s most active volcano, vulcanologists at the National University said this week, after three eruptions in 10 days culminated in the ...

Sakurajima is an active volcano on the Osumi peninsula in Kagoshima prefecture on the southern tip of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. The mountain rises to an elevation of 3,644 ...

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