Mount Erebus is the world’s southernmost active volcano and the second-tallest volcano in Antarctica with a summit reaching 12,448 feet. It is probably the most expensive too. The volcano embedd ...

Erebus, an active volcano in Antarctica, emits golden dust every day. According to the New York Post, it's estimated to release about 2.8 ounces of crystallized gold daily, valued at nearly $6,000.

And a volcano in Antarctica wouldn’t create a tsunami, either, because it’s on land, he said. There’s no water to displace. Instead, he said a tsunami could develop in one of two ways in ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...

Scientists have been monitoring the Antarctic ozone hole ... and we thought that the reason might have to do with volcanoes,” Solomon said, explaining that the aerosols released during volcanic ...

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The scene: a tent on Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica. The tent is a four-cornered tepee ...

The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...

The group will study how undersea volcanoes in the region impact important ice in western Antarctica. "This is not a Carnival Cruise," Panter said. Panter, who has been teaching with Bowling Green ...

Studies on Antarctica have documented how temperatures ... In the middle of an active volcano at the bottom of the world, dozens of fur seals bask in blowing wet snow. They are mostly unfussed ...