Analyzing pyroclastic flows in real life is not only difficult, but also profoundly dangerous. So a team of scientists decided to replicate them in a laboratory using a literal ton of volcanic ...

The Taupo ash is different from that found at Volcán de Fuego, for example, and temperatures of real-world pyroclastic flows—which might also affect their behavior—can vary between 200 and ...

That's still only barely enough to outrun a pyroclastic flow under perfect conditions, like plain terrain. In one of the more touching scenes, a large sauropod is consumed by the 1,300-2,000°F ...

Pyroclastic flows — volcanic avalanches of gas, ash and rock — possess rhythmic, high-pressure pulses, a new study suggests. Stocktrek Images/Richard Roscoe/Getty Images Plus ...

CHRIS JACKSON: The fourth pyroclastic flow headed southeastwards towards Pompeii. The air would have been thick with the smell of sulfur dioxide, a very strong eggy smell.

Now, lab experiments and computer simulations suggest that inside pyroclastic flows, a dense layer of volcanic material glides across the ground atop a low-friction layer made largely of air.These ...

The most recent pyroclastic flows with significant reach were recorded on Feb. 10, 2022, Oct. 23, 2021, Dec. 13, 2020 and Feb. 11, 2014, Marco Viccaro, president of Italy’s national volcanology ...

Archaeologists have discovered the bodies of two men who died during so-called second pyroclastic flow, after the initial eruption of Mount Vesuvius.