Hawaii's most active volcano resumed erupting Wednesday after a weeklong pause. Kilauea began continuously releasing lava ...

New research suggests tiny electrical charges in water droplets could have fueled the chemical reactions that led to life.

New research suggests that Earth’s orbital variations—the slow changes in its tilt, axial precession, and shape of its ...

With Spurr rumbling near Anchorage, let's look at some of the largest eruptions in the most volcanically active state of the ...

Consider a can of soda. When the can is closed (pressurized), the soda contains dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). When you open ...

Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...

Mount Spurr is one of 53 volcanoes in Alaska that have been active within the last 250 years. It is roughly 80 miles ...

Cape Verde’s Fogo Island is a breathtaking world where life thrives inside an active volcano. Rising nearly 9,300 ft, Fogo’s ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory said signs indicated a Mount Spurr eruption was likely, though not certain, in the weeks or ...