Under an electron microscope, the particles appeared as intricate, faceted, almost perfectly geometric crystals rather than ...

A slow, eastward-moving current of hot rock deep within Earth may be the primary force feeding Yellowstone’s volcanic system, according to a study published in Science on April 9, 2026. Researchers at ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for what powers Yellowstone and other supervolcanoes. Instead of a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, a broad “mantle wind” may push hot rock beneath ...

The Herculaneum scrolls, named after a Roman town carbonized by the eruption of Vesuvius in Pompeii, Italy, in 79 A.D., were ...

Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ...

That’s what the new Engineering issue of MIT Technology Review is all about.  Sometimes the challenges we face are giant, ...

Beneficiaries are bringing new ideas to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for the future of a four-mile stretch of ...

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. And if it’s kind of a weird holiday for you — if you don’t have a dad, or you ...

Over the last year and a half, the historic episodic eruption at the summit of Kilauea has had 49 episodes of lava ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, burying Pompeii, Herculaneum and surrounding settlements beneath ash, pumice and volcanic debris, many of those caught in the disaster seem to have been taken by ...

Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is on track to produce its 49th lava-fountain episode since the current summit ...

A volcano that slept for more than 100,000 years before erupting is blowing up our understanding of when volcanoes should be defined as active or extinct. Volcanologists officially classify sleeping ...