Scientists return from Tonga with clues to uncover what led to the 'eruption of the century'

A collaborative research team led by University of Tasmania scientists has returned from a major 54-day voyage on CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator to explore the impacts of the devastating 2022 ...
Science News

Two of Greece’s most dangerous volcanoes share an underground link

Seismic and land deformation data show that Santorini and Kolumbo draw from the same magma source, complicating eruption forecasts.

This year thousands of mysterious earthquakes hit Santorini. Scientists finally know why.

In late January, something began to stir beneath the idyllic Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, and Anafi. These Aegean islands experienced a rapid-fire sequence of over 28,000 earthquakes, ...
The Conversation

A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived

Jayde N. Hirniak has received funding from the Hyde Family Foundation, Institute of Human Origins, Geological Society of America, Society for Archaeological Sciences, and the Cave Research Foundation ...
Phys.org

The role of nanoscale crystals in volcanic eruptions

Researchers at Diamond Light Source have used advanced imaging to look at microscopic crystals, called nanolites, to see what they can tell us about volcanic eruptions. Highly explosive eruptions ...
New York Post

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumes eruption, shoots out fountains of lava from multiple vents

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting on Tuesday, firing lava 330 feet (100 meters) into the sky from its summit crater. It’s the 32nd time the volcano has released molten rock since December, ...
New Scientist

Volcanic eruptions may have helped spark the French Revolution

Severe volcanic eruptions and changes in the activity of the sun may have set the scene for some of the world’s most famous rebellions, including the French Revolution. It has long been known that ...
PBS

As glaciers melt, scientists study potential for more violent volcanic eruptions

Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. In ...
Los Angeles Times

Kilauea’s eruption is back as the Hawaii volcano shoots lava, a pattern not seen for decades

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea’s 31st display of molten ...
Yahoo

Kilauea’s eruption is back as the Hawaii volcano shoots lava for the 31st time since December

A lava fountain is shown erupting within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater at the summit of Kīlauea. - M. Patrick/USGS Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the ...