Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

Although less well-known that other volcanic giants of the Cascades (particularly Mount St. Helens), this underwater volcano is actually the most active one in the Pacific Northwest. With eruptions in ...

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new ...

Maunaloa—the largest active volcano on Earth—erupted in 2022 after its longest known inactive period (~38 years). This eruptive hiatus at Maunaloa encompasses most of the ~35-year-long ...

(KILAUEA, HI) — One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At approximately 1: ...

Maunaloa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted in 2022 after 38 years of dormancy. This quiet period coincided with Kīlauea’s intense activity during the 35-year-long Puʻuʻōʻō ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began a new series of eruptions in December 2024. The world's most active volcano, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, resumed its latest eruption on Wednesday. Volcanic activity ...

On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.

The latest eruption, which stated on December 23, remains confined to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, posing no immediate threat to nearby communities.