Submarine volcanoes, volcanic structures hidden beneath the ocean surface, play a vital role in shaping Earth’s geology and marine ecosystems. Formed through tectonic plate movements, rising magma, ...

Those scientists saved countless lives, but their forecast was more of an educated guess than it might have appeared. It was ...

A massive volcanic eruption can cool the planet within months. What happens next may take centuries. Currently, this potential consequence is a large part of current research being conducted on the ...

Suggested Citation: "3 Forecasting Eruptions." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest ...

A major Yellowstone eruption likely won’t happen for thousands, and potentially millions, of years. Scientists say that the ...

Is a massive volcanic eruption about to wipe central Oregon off the map? If you spend much time on social media, you might have seen some popular videos claiming that’s exactly what’s about to happen.

We know very little about the processes that lead to a reeruption of supervolcanoes such as the mostly underwater Kikai caldera in Japan (pictured) and are therefore ill-equipped to make predictions.

When the team analyzed periods following major volcanic eruptions, they found strikingly similar rainfall patterns emerging. Volcanic aerosols injected into the stratosphere can trigger sea surface ...

When the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai in the South Pacific erupted in January 2022, it was not only one of the ...