Extreme drought, rather than a planetary winter, might be humanity’s biggest challenge in the years after a huge volcanic eruption 1. Global temperatures can plummet after a large eruption, if the ...

When massive volcanic eruptions occur, they inject millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where it forms sulfate aerosols that scatter incoming solar radiation and result in global ...

A new study has investigated the use of a new monitoring technique for early warning of a volcanic eruption. The research team compared the earthquake signals during two eruptions of Ontake Volcano in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Underwater volcano Axial Seamount. (National Science Foundation) An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon that was forecast ...

Although researchers did predict the Axial Seamount would erupt in 2025, people on the Pacific coast shouldn't worry about its impact. Axial's eruptions are akin to the ones in Hawaii in which runny ...

Recent volcanic activity across the Pacific Ring of Fire has raised alarms among scientists and volcanologists, with several volcanoes experiencing heightened eruptions and seismic tremors. The Ring ...

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is ...