A volcanic explosion, somewhere in the tropics, may have increased European trade with central Asia—which brought fleas ...

Kīlauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, spewing out lava and ash intermittently for most of 2025. Now, a camera ...

A volcanic eruption may have triggered “the largest known plague pandemic in human history,” according to a new study about ...

Volcanic activity resumed at Hawaii as Kilauea volcano erupted on Saturday morning December 6,2025 sending red-hot lava ...

“Sustained lava fountains approximately 50–100 feet (15–30 meters) in height are currently erupting from the north vent,” the ...

The US Geological Survey says the volcanic Mount Kilauea on the US island of Hawaii has erupted, producing lava fountains. It is not yet clear if there was any damage.

Ash from the explosion may have led to crop failure and famine in southern Europe, leading some Italian cities to import ...

The eruption lasted for just over 12 hours. Kīlauea spewed more than 3 billion gallons (16 million cubic yards) of lava during this event—enough to fill 25,000 Olympic swimming pools. The eruptive ...

New research suggests that a combination of volcanic activity, cold summers and famine brought the deadly plague to Europe.

New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have begun one of history’s deadliest pandemics.

Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...

Though its route through Central Asia remains elusive, two German researchers believe they have discovered how — and why — ...