So. It’s December 31, and that means one thing: that the world – and specifically, Axial Seamount, the volcano lying on the ...

Kīlauea has been erupting episodically since Dec. 23, 2024, primarily from two vents (north and south) in Halema‘uma‘u.

For much of 2025, an underwater volcano off the Oregon coast was treated as a geological ticking clock, with forecasts suggesting it could erupt at almost any moment. Instead, the year is ending ...

1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption: It happened in the crater just north of the volcano’s caldera, lasting only about a month with 17 ...

Data from Axial, the most-monitored underwater volcano, are helping geophysicists hone eruption predictions. For Axial, 2026 ...

Popocatépetl emerged in the crater of other volcanoes in its current form more than 20,000 years ago and has been active ...

This story was updated on Dec. 24, 2025. A year ago on Dec. 23, 2024, one of the world’s most active volcanoes awoke.   That ...

A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

The Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island shot lava fountains as high as 1,400 feet into the air, the USGS reported.

Episode 39 of the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea is expected to begin Dec. 24-25, 2025. PC: USGS (12.23.25) The forecast window ...