Dormant Volcano News Today

As the planet warms and extinctions mount, researchers are racing to catalog the vast array of life on Earth before species disappear. This year, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, recorded 89 new species of plant and fungi across the globe, from the rocky edges of Antarctica to a dormant volcano in Indonesia.

Here’s how to enjoy the best of the warm temperatures, volcanic peaks and Atlantic shallows that the cluster of Canaries has to offer

Sara Lyle is raising a blended family and decided to set 2024 New Year's resolutions that involve her husband and three sons.

The Mountain of God in Tanzania was found to have spewn cold lava, making it unique. Read more here.

Geoscientists have long thought that water—along with shallow magma stored in Earth's crust—drives volcanoes to erupt. Now, thanks to newly developed research tools at Cornell, scientists have learned that gaseous carbon dioxide can trigger explosive eruptions.

Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Lōʻihi Seamount), a submarine Hawaiian volcano located about 20 miles off the south coast of the Big Island of Hawai'i, has erupted at least five times in the last 150 years, according to new research led by Earth scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. For the first time, scientists were able to estimate the ages of the most recent eruptions of Kamaʻehu, as well as the ages of eight additional older eruptions at this volcano going back about 2...

For the first time in 800 years, a dormant volcano in Alaska is showing signs of activity underneath the surface. Does this mean that an eruption is underway?

New activity has been detected under Mount Edgecumbe, a previously dormant volcano near Sitka, Alaska.

The tremors occurred near the northwestern tip of Antarctica and are reportedly considered to be the strongest seismic activity recorded in the icy continent.

Hawaii. im headed to meet a group of native hawaiians who since late 2014 have made it their duty to protect one of their most sacred pieces of land, the dormant volcano -- this group calls themselves the monikau prote protectors. theyre led by the founder of the -- which means people who pray for the mountain. and pua case, a member of idle hands no more, which fights to protect indigenous rights around the world. and my old friend ku is here. >> i know theres talk of building a telescope up he...