An episode of lava fountaining at Kilauea ended early today after nearly six hours of continuous activity inside Halemaumau ...

Lava is supposed to be red—that’s volcanoes 101. But at Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen, the Earth decides to break the rules. Instead ...

Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a volcano erupted for the fourth time in three months. The eruption opened a fissure almost 2 miles long between Stóra-Skógfell and Hagafell mountains ...

Update at 10:44 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that Episode 38 of the ongoing episodic eruption inside Halemaʻumaʻu Crater in the summit caldera of Kīlauea volcano ...

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A lava river fed by the erupting Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is moving faster. A river of lava fed by the erupting Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii and its many fissures was moving faster and ...

Mount Semeru, in East Java, Indonesia, has been on a high level active alert for several years. The eruption has left ...

Iceland has experienced its most powerful volcano eruption since December last year on the Reykjanes Peninsula, spewing bright orange lava high into the air. The eruption has sent fountains of molten ...

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's ...

Continuous lava fountaining began about 2 p.m. today within Kilauea’s Halemaumau crater as the 12th episode of the ongoing summit eruption continues, according to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ...

The lava vents were quiet Saturday, but intensified on Sunday. After a day of relative calm, Kilauea roared back in full force on Sunday, spewing lava 300 feet in the air, encroaching on a half mile ...