Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Scientists say the Kikai volcano near Japan is slowly filling with magma again after thousands of years. The underwater ...

The lava lake last week at the summit of Kilauea near Pahoa, Hawaii. Photo / AP The ongoing surge in volcanic activity on Hawaii's Big Island soon could cause a massive explosion from a volcano's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marco Calo, left, a geophysicist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), take a break on the slopes of the ...

Volcanic eruptions can influence global temperatures, with explosive events injecting gases like sulfur dioxide into the ...

POPOCATÉPETL VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect ...

Global distribution of recording geophysical sensors used in this study and remotely-observed eruption chronology. (A) Sensor map. Background image is brightness temperature difference (Himawari-8) at ...