Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The June 12, 1991, eruption column from Mount Pinatubo was taken from the east side of Clark Air Base. (CREDIT: U.S. Geological ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ongoing volcano eruption on the French island territory of La Reunion creates a 'lava haze' as it reaches the ocean Where to ...

Volcanic ash from the Andes fed ocean life, increased algae growth, and reduced carbon dioxide, slowly cooling Earth millions ...

A research group in Japan has suggested that ash released from volcanic eruptions on Nishinoshima Island—part of Japan's Ogasawara Islands—led to a temporary surge in phytoplankton levels in the ...

A new study led by University of Arizona researchers has uncovered how massive volcanic eruptions in the Andes Mountains millions of years ago triggered a chain ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

Learn how sediment records from Texas and Florida revealed volcanic eruptions that may have triggered the Younger Dryas Ice ...

Learn more about “Whale Hill,” a fossil site in Chile that may reveal how volcanic ash caused mass whale death and ...

A massive volcanic eruption can cool the planet within months. What happens next may take centuries. Currently, this potential consequence is a large part of current research being conducted on the ...

Nishinoshima Island, located in the Ogasawara Islands of Japan, is home to an active volcano. Ash from volcanic eruptions there in 2020 could have led to a temporary surge in phytoplankton levels in ...