For most of deep time, spreading ridges released more carbon than volcano chains, changing how we interpret Earth’s climate history.

Yellowstone National Park sits atop one of Earth’s largest volcanic systems, and right now that system is slowly reshaping the ground. Instruments show that the Yellowstone caldera is inflating into a ...

A once-in-12,000-years volcanic eruption in Ethiopia sent ash plumes drifting as far as India and China. Intense monsoon rains triggered severe flooding across parts of India and Pakistan. Indonesia ...

Volcanic eruptions are perhaps nature's most terrifying display of power. Catastrophic eruptions of volcanoes like Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, and Mount St. Helens have gone down as some of the most ...