The Bárðarbunga volcano system was responsible for Iceland's largest eruption for 300 years back in 2014. After a recent ...

The Axial Seamount is not expected to threaten human population centres but it could help scientists forecast the eruption of ...

The Icelandic Meteorological Office said in its latest update on December 3 that the lava flow from a fissure on the Reykjanes ... satellite imagery shows the volcanic activity from November ...

For the first time in over a year, lava is flowing inside the summit caldera of Kīlauea.

Another boost in volcanic activity has been observed at ... The eruption caused a “fissure” or crack near the crater that measured 1,600 feet. Since then, rates of seismicity and ground ...

A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December, prompting evacuation orders. Orange lava gushed from a fissure almost two miles long after the ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) issued a public advisory on Monday, January 6, warning of ...

The observatory said sulfur dioxide emanating from the fissure would react with other gases in the atmosphere. So-called vog — volcanic smog — can affect people and animals, as well as crops.

Additional hazards include lightweight volcanic glass fragments that can fall downwind of the fissure vents, potentially causing skin and eye irritation within a few hundred meters of the vents.