Volcanoes are among the most powerful forces of nature. Throughout history, some eruptions have shaken the Earth, changed the weather, and even affected human life for years. Scientists use the ...
ANSWER: Krakatoa, and it was a really bad one. Krakatoa is a small volcanic island in Indonesia. It blew its top on August 27, 1883, and killed more than 36,000 people. Krakatoa had erupted in 1680, ...
Fountains from the south vent at Kilauea's summit crater soared 1,300 feet (400 meters) into the air, the U.S. Geological ...
On retirement from public life, Wilmar Eliaser Simandjorang found a quiet place on a hillside overlooking Lake Toba, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, to write about this landscape sacred to the ...
HONOLULU — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea's 31st display ...
In Italy, a super volcano outside of Naples is stirring in a way it hasn't for centuries. And hundreds of thousands of people live right by it.
Nine volcanic eruptions since December 2023 have shaken the Icelandic town of Grindavik and forced residents to repeatedly ...