After an eruption, DIY cushions of gas help searing torrents of gas, ash, and rock spread miles from their source within a matter of minutes. ByKatherine J. Wu Monday, April 8, 2019 NOVA NextNOVA Next ...

New analyses of mantle xenoliths from French volcanoes reveal that magma degassing, not surface cooling, resets the water contents long used to map the deep Earth.

If you live in the western United States, the chances are very good that you live within the cradle of a supervolcano. Yellowstone is but the most famous example. There are volcanoes, and then there ...

Avalanches of ash, gas and rock that cascade downhill during volcanic eruptions may be even more dangerous than scientists had realized. Pulses of high pressure form within these slides, known as ...

On May 2, 2026, a wall of superheated gas and volcanic debris broke loose from Mount Mayon’s summit and tore 4 kilometers down the Mi-isi Gully on the volcano’s southwest flank. It was the longest ...

In the video, I talked about how 'Sapporo Soft Stone, used in Sapporo's stone buildings, was born from the eruption of the ...

Dumping literal tons of hot volcanic material down a lab flume may finally have revealed how searing mixtures of hot gas and rock travel so far from volcanic eruptions. These pyroclastic flows can ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The eruption of the Fuego volcano—or volcano of fire—in Guatemala on ...