A wall of superheated rock and gas tore down the slopes of Mayon Volcano on the evening of May 2, 2026, after unstable lava near the summit collapsed without warning. The pyroclastic flows traveled ...

A pyroclastic flow burst from Mount Etna’s summit on 2 June 2025 and raced down the volcano’s western flank while a 6.5-kilometer ash plume climbed above the crater, forcing tourists on the upper ...

Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke and high into the sky. But the defining event of Monday’s eruption was ...

On September 16, 2026, the Volcanic Eruption Prediction and Observation Committee released an evaluation regarding the ...

There is no current danger to the population after a pyroclastic flow on Italy’s Mount Etna produced a huge plume of ash Monday, sending tourists running. The flow moved away from a group of tourists ...

Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke and high into the sky. But the defining event of Monday's eruption was ...

In the video, I talked about how 'Sapporo Soft Stone, used in Sapporo's stone buildings, was born from the eruption of the ...

A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ...

New analyses of mantle xenoliths from French volcanoes reveal that magma degassing, not surface cooling, resets the water contents long used to map the deep Earth.

Authors John S. Pallister, Rick Wessels, Julia P. Griswold, Wendy A. McCausland, Nugraha Kartadinata, Hendra Gunawan, Agus Budianto, Sofyan Primulyana ...

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are high-energy, ground-hugging flows of hot gas and fragmented volcanic material that pose one of the greatest lethal volcanic hazards. Their dynamics are governed ...