GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Thursday, spewing smoke and ash 2 miles (3 kilometres) into the sky and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people as lava oozed down ...

A phreatic eruption happens when groundwater meets hot magma or volcanic rock, turning the water into steam. This builds pressure underground, which can cause an explosion if it becomes too strong.

Visiting Antigua might be one of the top places to go in Guatemala, and it’s for good reason! This adorable and lively town is full of fun local shops, gorgeous churches, incredible views of several ...

Not only is the city beautiful, but Antigua is surrounded by three gorgeous volcanoes (one ... To travel within Guatemala you will need to do either private or collective shuttles to other ...

Earth’s extinct volcanoes might be an untapped source of highly in-demand rare earth elements. A set of lab-based experiments revealed that some of these 17 elements could be lurking in the ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

Natural wonders become disasters. The same is true for plenty of erupting volcanoes, whether they’re exploding with cataclysmic force or oozing incandescent molten rock. But not always.

image: Dr Michael Anenburg from ANU. Credit: Jamie Kidston/ANU view more Credit: Credit: Jamie Kidston/ANU A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant ...

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...

I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.