Observatory leaders have assured local emergency officials their public service will continue, but questions linger about how ...

The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history, killing up to 16,000 people. Now, researchers have revealed a minute-by-minute account of how ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has revealed that recent overflights of Mount Spurr, which is near Anchorage, found 'significantly elevated volcanic gas emissions' Gabrielle Rockson is a staff ...

in what is widely considered the most devastating volcanic disaster in US history. The catastrophic explosion claimed the lives of 57 people, destroyed hundreds of nearby homes and spread ash to ...

The petroglyphs, called “one of the most awe-inspiring and intriguing things to see” by Eastern Sierra, are located in the Volcanic Tableland near Bishop, California, about 80 miles east of Fresno.

A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.

Authorities are seeking the public's help in finding individuals who desecrated ancient, protected tribal rock carvings near Bishop, California.

Before then, the volcano's most recent major eruptions were in 2016, 2014, 2007 and 2003. In the past, researchers also sighted ephemeral islands up to half a mile (1 km) wide being birthed by the ...

this ancient Roman town was destroyed when Vesuvius erupted in the year 79 AD. Whereas in Pompeii the streets were buried under more than a dozen feet of volcanic ash and pumice, Herculaneum was ...

The heat and volcanic ash from Vesuvius destroyed the town and preserved the scrolls, but in an unreadable state, turning them into charred fragile blocks that disintegrate if unrolled physically.