Among Iceland's most breathtaking landscapes is the coastal point at which its yellow river meets the blue sea, separated by ...

NASA's Landsat 8 satellite snapped a stunning top-down view of an "unusually spectacular" Mount Etna eruption. Infrared data makes the volcano's lava river really pop.

This is the 10th episode of eruptive activity from Kilauea since Dec. 23, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

For centuries, the world has accepted the idea that Earth is divided into seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America. However, a recent study is ...

After Albert’s explanation of Afar’s volcanic and tectonic past, I will look into this region’s Holocene volcanism, and try to create the first comprehensive volcanic history of this very ...

Off the Map Travel has introduced a new collection of Nordic summer experiences. | Available from June to August, these trips ...

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have ...

What is the collective noun for a group of volcano scientists? While some tongue-in-cheek responses might be “an eruption of ...

File photo: Lava fountain and lava channel during a 2018 Kīlauea volcano eruption on the Island of Hawai’i. Photo Credit: Bruce Houghton From Feb. 9-14, the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian ...

Visit the observatory website for past “Volcano Watch” articles, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa updates, volcano photos, maps, recent earthquake information and more. Email questions to askHVO@usgs.gov.

It did, however, add one caveat that you need to look out for on a vacation in Iceland. "Volcanoes. Iceland is a volcanic island, and volcanic islands sometimes have volcanic eruptions.

The biggest ever volcanic eruption in our solar system has been recorded, and it puts Eyjafjallajökull in the shade. While the Icelandic eruption managed to ground flights across Europe in 2010 ...