We have picked out 5 news stories reported on November 3 by local Hawaii media (Hawaii News Now/KHON2/KZOO Hawaii/Honolulu ...

A massive volcanic eruption devastated ancient Japan 7,300 years ago, but new research reveals surprising patterns of human ...

These fiery features can be as dangerous as they are mesmerizing. Here are a few things to keep in mind if you live near or ...

When a massive environmental disaster strikes, do societies simply collapse and disappear? Or do people find a way to adapt, rebuild and recover?

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a restless mountain collapsed into the sea in 1792, the impact hurled a towering ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than from the likes of famous volcanoes such as Etna in Sicily or Yellowstone in ...

Population models suggest the Kikai-Akahoya eruption brought severe regional decline alongside continued growth on some northern coastlines. Southern Kyushu was already undergoing demographic and ...

Introduction -- Global distribution of active volcanoes / Elizabeth Cottrell -- Basaltic lava flow hazard / Andrew J. L. Harris -- Impacts from volanic ash fall / Thomas M. Wilson, Susanna Jenkins, ...

Steam rises from the White Island volcano following the December 2019 volcanic eruption that claimed 22 lives – Copyright AFP/File Marty MELVILLE The victims and ...

Pliny the Younger was just a teenager when he witnessed the total destruction of Pompeii by the devastating eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. His uncle died in the historic eruption, and Pliny’s ...