Few Know of the Most Destructive Volcano in Italy Typically, volcanoes spill tons of methane during an eruption. The ...

TOKYO — Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707. But for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, Japanese officials have released computer- and AI-generated videos showing a simulation of a potential violent ...

Japan is stepping up its volcano research that trails far behind its advanced studies on earthquakes despite being home to ...

The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption remains the deadliest in U.S. history, fundamentally changing how scientists monitor ...

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

The earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka has been the most severe since 2011 and has led to tsunami alerts being issued, which have now been downgraded, along the Pacific coasts. The Kliuchevskoi ...

A second volcanic eruption in the area. Just last week, one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history struck Kamchatka, Russia on July 29, triggering tsunami warnings as far as the West ...

John Pallister, retired chief of the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, looks over an example of a field installation used for monitoring a volcano at the USGS office in Vancouver in 2016. (Amanda ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver-based program that responds to international volcanic eruptions could face elimination due to cuts being made by the Trump administration. The future of the Volcano ...

When it comes to natural disasters, volcano eruptions can result in catastrophic loss of life, from human lives to flora and fauna. Miles of land surrounding the 1980 explosion of Mount St. Helens, ...