Global Volcanism Program News Today

An outing along the Schuylkill River leads to an amazing find.

A powerful volcanic eruption lofted ash high into the atmosphere and spread tephra and other volcanic debris across the small island in Indonesia. Ruang is a small volcanic island in the Sangihe Islands arc in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, that is home to about 800 people. Late on April 16, 2024, th

A mile-long lava tube in Saudi Arabia was full of life, as new archaeological research shows.

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Volcano tourism crossed the line from interest to ignorance with Iceland are now begging ‘lava chasers’ to stay away

Few fatalities were associated with the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption compared with other volcanic eruptions.

Human CO2 emissions dwarf volcanic emissions from all of the Earth's volcanos combined.

Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula was not the main volcano story this week. Mt. Marapi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted a week ago.

If you live in the Philippines or Papua New Guinea right now, you'll know the score: Active volcanos can come alive and erupt any time, spewing lava and destruction. Here are some of the world's most dangerous hot spots.

Erta Ale, in the East African Rift, is Ethiopia’s most active volcano. The heat is always on at Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia. In East Africa’s Danakil (or Afar) Depression, three tectonic plates are pulling apart from each other, allowing magma to rise to the surface and feed several active volcano