Around 74,000 years ago, Earth experienced one of the most devastating volcanic events in its recent history. The Toba supereruption, centered in what is now Indonesia, blasted 672 cubic miles of ...

A quiet corner of Ethiopia’s Afar region transformed overnight when a long-inactive volcano awakened after thousands of years of stillness. The rare eruption drew the attention of scientists, aviation ...

Learn how new rock dating shortened Northern Ireland’s volcanic timeline to 5.5 million years and linked the Giant’s Causeway ...

A volcano in Chile that had been inactive for over 50 years suddenly erupted twice in the space of hours, blasting huge clouds of ash into the air and forcing the evacuation of around 5,000 people.

In a.d. 79, the world's most dangerous volcano buried the town of Pompeii. The next blast could be much bigger.

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...