Authorities evacuated a town and Blue Lagoon spa in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday as a volcano threatened to erupt for the eighth time.

By John Cannon Millions of years ago, as the Indo-Australian plate pushed into the Pacific plate, a volcanic arc of islands ...

Geologists say Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has erupted again, sending lava fountains soaring up to 1,000 feet in a breathtaking display.

Researchers uncover a possible active underwater volcano chain near the Cook Islands, hinting at fresh geological activity.

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift ...

Surtsey, a volcanic island approximately 32 km from the south coast of Iceland, is a new island formed by volcanic eruptions that took place from 1963 to 1967. It is all the more outstanding for ...

Some parts of the island chain have a 0.6 millimeter-per-year subsidence rate, but others are in a much more dire state.

A recent study published in Archaeology in Oceania explores the oral, linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence ...

The lifeboat station at Spurn Head was built in 1810 and Spurn has now become a tidal island, as the narrowest ... The Spurn spit is formed by sand, shingle and boulder clay that has eroded ...