Any eruption that occurs anywhere will rate at least a VEI 0 on the scale and have less than 10,000 cubic meters of ejecta, which includes lava and ash. VEI 3 volcanoes have as much as 100 million ...

Why Iceland's latest eruption may be the most dangerous in recent history. The December 18 explosion is the region’s fourth in three years—and has fired out 10 times more lava per second than ...

Dramatic photos show La Palma volcano’s ongoing eruption “I never dreamed about being so close to something like this,” says photographer Arturo Rodríguez. “It’s so big, so powerful.” ...

Volcanology is the study of the generation and movement of molten rock on Earth and other planetary bodies, primarily through volcanoes and volcanic eruptions. This encompasses the generation of ...