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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...