It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland came to life. While the eruption ...

The volcano is thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, so it poses no danger to people. But under all that water, a ...

A 2021 satellite image shows destructive lava flows burning through a residential area in the Canary Islands as molten rock ...

But the eruption did come—a fissure opened in Geldingardalir valley on the evening of 19 March 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic was still ongoing. The lava flowed across the landscape, and people ...

Learn more about the new methods Iceland is using to keep lava from destroying towns.

Pilots are advised to avoid volcanic eruptions, but in 1935, a squad of U.S. bombers took a more aggressive approach.

Axial Seamount sits at a geological crossroads, fueling some of the most intense undersea action in the region.