A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping ...

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health urges residents and visitors to take precautions as elevated volcanic gas emissions from the ...

The volcanic eruption that discharged near Tonga in January – which caused destruction to the nation and was felt by other countries along the Pacific Ocean – was one of the most powerful eruptions in ...

A volcanic eruption in 1345 may have kicked off a series of events that led to the Black Death sweeping through medieval Europe.

The Hidden Climate Power of Sulfur Dioxide When massive volcanic eruptions occur, they inject millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where it forms sulfate aerosols that scatter ...

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo volcano in June 1991 is the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century. Understanding how volcano activity may change over time is particularly important ...

SPOKANE, Wash.– In an instant, the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapa volcano went from a minor curiosity in islands of the South Pacific to an unfolding disaster for the small island nation of ...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga erupted on January 15, leaving the island coated in ash and causing a tsunami that caused even further damage to the Pacific island nation. There were ...

While residents of Tonga struggle to recover from a devastating volcanic explosion that smothered the Pacific island nation with ash and swamped it with water, scientists are trying to better ...

On 15 January 2022, the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai erupted, unleashing a powerful tsunami that destroyed homes and caused four deaths throughout Tonga. Another lasting effect of this ...

It sounds like the plot of a classic Hollywood disaster movie: a quiet fishing town on the coast of Iceland is threatened when a long-dormant volcano suddenly awakens, causing thousands of earth ...