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

Volcano scientists from around the world will gather from Feb. 9-14 in Hilo for the American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on Caldera-forming Eruptions at Basaltic Volcanoes: Insights and ...

Japan's plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall On a ...

An eruption that produced one of the largest impacts on climate over the past 250 years has finally been matched with a ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

By analyzing sulfur and volcanic ash entrained in ice cores, researchers pinpointed a caldera in the remote Kuril Islands as ...

Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

The 1914-1915 eruption of Mount Sakurajima in Japan’s southernmost major island of Kyushu spread volcanic ash as far as eastern Japan. A massive and devastating eruption is bound to hit Japan ...