Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image of active volcano shows magma pressure inside volcanoes can destabilize slopes and trigger collapse. (CREDIT: YouTube / CC ...

U.S. Geological Survey is designated by the Federal Aviation Administration as the entity to issue Volcano Observatory ...

Volcanic eruptions and their ash clouds pose a significant hazard to population centers and air travel, especially those that show few to no signs of unrest beforehand. Geologists are now using a ...

The Volcano Observatory Notice to Aviation (VONA) is a notification product used by volcano observatories globally to inform ...

An international volcanology team has created a first-of-its kind tool that can aid scientists in understanding past explosive eruptions that shaped the earth and improve the way of estimating hazards ...

The volcanic tsunami generator, developed by Georgia Tech researchers, gets a test run in an Oregon State wave basin. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology The volcanic tsunami generator, developed ...

Spanish and French researchers have defined the age, location, size and geochemistry of the volcanoes of Gran Canaria during the Holocene, 11,000 years ago, in order to draw up a map of volcanic ...

Volcanic eruptions create some of nature’s most dramatic displays. Depending on their magnitude and location, they also have the potential for becoming major social and economic disasters. To date, ...

Live on the East Coast? Thinking of escaping to a warm Caribbean island right now? You might want to check a new, open access database of the world's deadliest volcanoes first. Though not intended as ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - January 2, 2019 - Last month's eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia and the deadly tsunami that followed caused two University of Rhode Island scientists to spring ...