As residents flee the Greek Island of Santorini after a spate of tremors earlier this month, we look back at a catastrophic ...

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Geologists visited the Kilauea volcano crater in Hawaii to collect lava samples. Officials from the United States Geological ...

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected beneath Mount Spurr in the past week, increasing the odds of an eruption at the ...

An eruption of Mount Churchill today similar to previous major plumes would bring much of the Northern Hemisphere to a ...

A little-known volcano on a remote Pacific island may have been the source of one of the 19th century’s most powerful ...

A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

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Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have ...

Greek officials have declared a state of emergency, and tourists and locals have fled the tourist island of Santorini amid ...

Yellowstone Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It’s easy to see why — the dynamic landscape contains a ...