Congo and the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 have agreed to establish an oversight mechanism for a potential permanent ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The Nyiragongo volcano in the Congo erupted on January 17, 2002, and subsequently sent streams of lava into the city ...

Jayde N. Hirniak has received funding from the Hyde Family Foundation, Institute of Human Origins, Geological Society of America, Society for Archaeological Sciences, and the Cave Research Foundation ...

A live camera at Hawaiʻi’s Kīlauea volcano captured a rare sight this week — a swirling “volnado” forming next to a fountain of lava, the latest dramatic reminder of the mountain’s restless nature.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted again this week, spewing lava 500 feet into the air from the crater at its summit, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The eruption ended around 8 p.m. local time on ...

Severe volcanic eruptions and changes in the activity of the sun may have set the scene for some of the world’s most famous rebellions, including the French Revolution. It has long been known that ...

Japanese meteorological agencies said the Shinmoedake volcano had erupted in the early hours of Thursday morning, August 28, sending a plume of ash 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) into the sky. Officials ...

A lava fountain is shown erupting within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater at the summit of Kīlauea. - M. Patrick/USGS Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea’s 31st display of molten rock since ...

Some observers around the world are connecting Russia’s volcanic eruption to the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on that country's far-eastern shore. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University ...

The volcano has caused part of the Kamchatka Peninsula to shift southeastward. The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last week has triggered the activity of ...