One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.

A mud volcano in San Juan de Uraba, Colombia, erupted on February 25, 2026, spewing fire and mud near a water plant.

Ethiopian volcano eruption: According to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, this volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first time in about 12,000 years. The eruption did not ...

Global distribution of recording geophysical sensors used in this study and remotely-observed eruption chronology. (A) Sensor map. Background image is brightness temperature difference (Himawari-8) at ...

POPOCATÉPETL VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has released time-lapse footage of minor strombolian activities of Mayon Volcano recorded at 7:16 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. of Tuesday, March ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) on Monday morning logged minor strombolian activity on Mayon Volcano, which remains under Alert Level 3. State volcanologists shared a ...

A Martian volcano once thought to be the result of a single eruption turns out to have a much more complex past. Orbital imaging and mineral data show it developed through multiple eruptive phases, ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea—one of Earth’s most active volcanoes—is bringing the drama. On December 6 lava fountains in the Halema‘uma‘u crater at the shield volcano’s summit spewed more than 1,000 feet into the ...

It’s winter, and the SciFri team is already dreaming of warmer weather. How about a mind vacation to one of the hottest places on earth, an erupting volcano? Tamsin Mather has trekked to volcanoes in ...

Dozens of people have died, hundreds are missing and many more homes were destroyed after separate volcanic eruptions in ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...