Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava flows.

MANILA, Philippines — Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday morning saw a “moderately explosive eruption,” the Philippine Institute of ...

CEBU CITY— Several local governments in Cebu province suspended classes on Thursday after ashfall from the early morning ...

MANILA, Philippines – The alert status of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island Region could be raised to Alert Level 3 if ...

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes. A study to be ...

MANILA, Philippines — Kanlaon Volcano had a moderately explosive eruption early Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The eruption, which lasted for three ...

A submarine eruption north of Papua New Guinea may be building new land while satellites track its evolution from above.

A newly discovered underwater volcanic eruption north of Papua New Guinea is unfolding in one of the world's most poorly mapped ocean basins. Satellites have spotted steam plumes, ash, thermal ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped ...

Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava flows. Others erupt violently, sending ash and molten rock high into the sky.