KAGOSHIMA--A massive eruption occurred at Mount Sakurajima here on the evening of July 24, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue the highest alert urging residents to evacuate.

The active Mount Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima erupted ... According to the Kagoshima Meteorological Office and other sources, the eruption at around 6:33 p.m. occurred at a vent atop the ...

The 2009 eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano, Kuril Islands, viewed from the International Space ... [+] Station. A new study says that a similar eruption was behind a cooling event with worldwide ...

Now, nearly 200 years later, scientists have identified the “mystery volcano.” The eruption was one of the most powerful of the 19th century, spewing so much sulfur dioxide into the ...

Residents in northeastern Ethiopia have been moved to temporary shelters following fears of a potential volcanic eruption. Authorities have begun to evacuate residents in northeastern Ethiopia ...

Researchers have identified the source of a huge volcanic eruption that posed a mystery for nearly 200 years, a study reports. The event, which took place in 1831, was one of the largest eruptions ...

Shiferaw Teklemariam, Commissioner of the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission, said it was too early to label the activity an eruption, but authorities were not taking chances.

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Yellowstone National Park is home to many of the largest known volcanic eruptions on the planet, and scientists have new research that is helping determine when – and where in the park – the next one ...

ran 4,000 computer simulations to study how ice sheet loss affects Antarctica’s buried volcanoes, and they found that gradual melt could increase the number and size of subglacial eruptions.