Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Kilauea’s eruption led to a rare event, creating a vortex that sent rocks, dust, and ash flying. The volcano remains one of ...

When lava shot into the air at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, the fountaining set a new record for the volcano which has been erupting for more than a year.

A camera just caught one of the most epic scenes at Mount Mayon, AKA Mayon Volcano. Currently set as an Alert Level 3, meaning increased pyroclastic density (fragmented rock materials, ash, and gases) ...

A rare “volnado” spins beside an erupting volcano at Kīlauea’s summit, capturing a wild and surreal natural moment on video ...

Livestream footage of the Kilauea volcanic eruption caught the moment a whirlwind impacted one of the cameras placed on the ...

Nearly 4,000 people are living in evacuation shelters across Albay province as Mayon Volcano continues to produce low-level ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

Multiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon. Initial reports suggested that the falling space rock hit the volcano, but ...

A volcano that erupted after being asleep for more than 100,000 years is leading more volcanologists to say we must redefine ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula began erupting ...

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 ...