Deadliest volcanic eruption: The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which killed up to 100,000 people From lava fountains to towering ash clouds, volcanoes produce some of the most dramatic ...

Few volcanoes on Earth boast the fantastical title of "supervolcano," but what makes these uber volcanoes so super, and is the superlative always justified? It very much depends on who you ask. A ...

Scientists are forecasting that the Pacific Northwest’s most active volcano will erupt sometime between 2020 and 2024. The volcano isn’t one you’ll see driving along the Cascade Range, instead you’d ...

Climb into the crater of Nyiragongo, a seething and active African volcano. Climb with volcano experts to the summit of Nyiragongo, a highly active volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

But as a reader of Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles, you probably guessed that things are slightly more complex. Almost nothing at Yellowstone, or any other volcano, is simple. Volcanoes are complicated ...

Last December, a gloopy ooze of lava began extruding out of the summit of La Soufrière, a volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. The effusion was slow at first; no one was threatened. Then in ...

Many kids will be spending more time learning from home as the school year ramps up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Without the beakers and test tubes of the science lab, it may seem difficult to ...

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