An international assessment report has been released to provide definitive statements on the atmospheric impacts from a huge ...

An erupting volcano may have kicked off a chain of events that led to the swift dance of the Black Plague across Europe in the 14th century, in a pandemic that killed tens of millions of people. New ...

An unknown volcanic eruption in the mid-14th century may have set the stage for the spread of the Black Death in Europe, according to a new study. By triggering a cool and overcast period in the ...

Hayli Gubbi volcano in Northern Ethiopia erupted on Sunday (Nov. 23) for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, causing havoc in villages nearby. Satellite imagery detailed billowing plumes of pale ...

Update Nov. 26, 2025: After 9.2 hours of continuous lava fountaining, Episode 37 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption on Kīlauea ended abruptly at 11:39 p.m. on Tuesday. Dual lava fountains from the ...

Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia's long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano subsided Tuesday, days after an eruption that left a trail of destruction in nearby villages and caused flight cancellations ...

Residents of Afar in northeast Ethiopia, about 800 kilometres from Addis Ababa, were engulfed in ashfall after the Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted — the first time in nearly 12,000 years. A local reporter ...

Did you know there are at least 1,350 active volcanoes around the world, and roughly 20 active volcanic eruptions on any given day? While many of them occur deep under the ocean – most volcanoes are ...

A volcano in Ethiopia's northeastern region erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to nine miles into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The long-dormant mountain in the Afar region began ...

Did you know the Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean, has about 750 to 915 active or dormant volcanoes? This is roughly two-thirds of all volcanoes worldwide. The Ring of ...