Taal Lake on Luzon Island in the Philippines is a volcanic crater lake with a rare geology of nested islands and water.

Scientists in Mexico documented a number of changes inside El Chichón during monitoring between June and December 2025.

Woman, teen hiker rescued after fall in avalanche chute in Olympic National Park A 51-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy were rescued by helicopter in Olympic National Park after the woman fell into ...

Deep under the western United States, two of the planet’s largest volcanic systems are quietly reshaping rock and gas. In ...

The recent earthquake swarm near Santorini has brought the topic of volcanoes in Greece back into the spotlight.

Fluid inclusions in volcanoes are dominantly composed of carbon dioxide. At magmatic temperatures — 2,192 degrees — the density of the carbon dioxide strongly depends on pressure, which is influenced ...

NASA has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption outside of Earth on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. On December 27, 2022, ...

A volcano began erupting in southwest Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and the Blue Lagoon spa, one of Iceland's biggest tourist attractions. Flames and ...

Ever wonder what it would look like to be engulfed in a lava fountain as you choke on volcanic ash and burn to death? No? Well, you’re wondering now, aren’t you? Don’t worry, what you’re about to see ...

When referred to as a gas, it means a volatile has transitioned into the vapor phase. The most common gases (or vapor phase volatiles) emitted at the surface are water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ...