Volcanoes

A 500-foot-thick layer of pumice rock on the Mediterranean seabed indicates Santorini volcano ejected 15 times more material than Hunga-Tonga during a previously unknown eruption.

Satellite images reveal the heat still radiating from the reawakened volcano in Iceland.

Dams built to protect the Icelandic town of Grindavík from rushing lava may not be enough, a volcanologist cautions.

Iceland volcano appears to be gearing up for another eruption as more magma accumulates beneath the surface and the land around Svartsengi continues to rise.

Two fissures spewing lava opened up near Grindavík, destroying three houses in the town — and experts have warned new eruptions could take place any time.

A volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupted on Sunday, cracking open fissures that are extending toward Grindavík and threatening to drown the town in lava flows.

LIVE Latest updates on the volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, which began erupting on Monday (Dec. 18) north of the small fishing village of Grindavík following weeks of localised earthquakes and sinkholes.

A huge volcanic fissure appeared in Iceland on Dec. 18, spewing lava up to 100 feet into the air — and the eruption has been captured in incredible pictures.

Researchers have mapped the magma plumbing system beneath Tonga's underwater volcano and discovered three magma chambers, two of which fed the record-shattering 2022 eruption.

A volcanic eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula that began on Monday (Dec. 18) appears to be slowing down, but only time will tell how long the unrest will last, officials say.