In May 2018, the island of Mayotte, between Madagascar and Mozambique, began to experience a series of earthquakes that led ...

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Satellites have detected an underwater eruption in the Bismarck Sea, potentially forming a new island. The event offers a ...

An underwater volcano erupting quietly beneath the Bismarck Sea, just north of Papua New Guinea, could soon push a brand new ...

Earth was once covered by a global magma ocean, which later cooled and crystallised – now traces of this primordial event ...

From friendship in a world of chatbots to what it means to be alive, this month’s new popular science books are asking some ...

Europe’s largest active volcano Mount Etna has erupted once more with fresh drone footage showing bright orange lava pouring from its fissure. Mount Etna’s latest eruption began on Friday from a ...

Mount Etna in Italy is one of the most well-studied volcanoes in the world. It has been erupting for thousands of years, and ...

Taal Volcano in the Philippines recorded its fourth phreatomagmatic eruption this month, sending a 450‑metre plume into the ...

Mount Etna’s past eruptions reveal that a single volcano can erupt through very different underground pathways.

The daring salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano underwent its 50th eruptive episode on June 27, spouting 1,000ft fountains of lava and ending after ...