Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army. Many civilians have been wounded in the crossfire, stretching the main hospital.

Using ice core samples, researchers linked a natural disaster with a trove of nearly 5,000-year-old artifacts discovered at ...

Describing the missile base as a “dormant volcano deep in the heart of mountains,” the national TV report said, “The volcano lying under these mountains can erupt in the shortest time possible.” ...

What is the hottest volcano of them all? It depends on how you define “hottest,” but a fascinating new analysis crunches the numbers in a few different ways, using satellite observations of 95 of ...

For Michael Poland, the scientist in charge at Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, this finding was far from surprising. “We’ve known from seismic imaging that the magmatic system was mostly soli ...

Since 1997, scientists have kept a careful eye on it using instruments that measure pressure on the ocean floor. Data shows that the volcano has been swelling, with changing rates that hint at an ...

Some of these pumice nodules, picked up about the 11th or 12th of July, in latitude 6° S. and longitude 94° E., were very large and considerably worn; several lumps were covered with barnacles ...

The evacuations come after steam eruptions have been seen since Thursday from the long-dormant volcano of Mount Dofen, raising fears of a volcanic eruption that could put many people at risk.

Nearly two centuries after a massive volcanic eruption cooled Earth’s climate, scientists have identified the source: the Zavaritskii volcano in the remote Kuril Islands. For almost 200 years ...

Now, after nearly 200 years, scientists have identified the 'mystery volcano' that cooled down the Earth's climate when it erupted in 1831. In their research, published in Proceedings of the ...

Scientists have warned a volcano off the coast of Oregon could be set to erupt in 2025, but it could prove to be very useful for experts. You don’t need to worry, you haven’t somehow missed there ...