The Kilauea volcano has been erupting on and off since December 2024. In February 2025, lava started shooting up into the air ...

With eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015, the volcano serves as a perfect laboratory, and experts expect an eruption by the end ...

The eruption began at 10:16 a.m. when molten rock broke through the surface inside Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. Within 30 minutes, a vent blasted lava 330 feet (100 meters) high, according to the Hawaiian ...

The Sakurajima Volcano erupted and spewed lava in Japan. Dramatic footage shows the volcano releasing a towering plume of ash ...

“Volcanic activity has been shown to affect Earth’s climate in a myriad of ways,” the authors write. “One such example is that eruptions proximate to surface ice will promote ice melting. In turn, the ...

“Made up of more than 450 volcanoes, the Ring of Fire stretches for nearly 40,250 kilometers (25,000 miles),” notes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Despite its ...

Indonesia on Thursday raised the alert level of a volcano in the East Nusa Tenggara region to the highest level and asked six ...

The vast majority of earthquakes strike inside the Ring of Fire, a string of volcanoes and tectonic activity that wraps ...

Indonesia, situated along the Pacific Ring of Fire, sees the highest level of seismic activity and volcanic eruptions globally, with over 120 active volcanoes.

More than 50% of the world’s active volcanoes above sea level encircle the Pacific Ocean, forming the “Ring of Fire.” The ring stretches from New Zealand to the coast of South America.