Not only do super-eruptions cause the volcano to collapse, resulting in the formation of the caldera, they eject huge amounts ...

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...

Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered ...

Earth’s climate over millions of years is shaped by both internal forces, like volcanic activity, and external ones, such as ...

The panel also called on municipalities and households to maintain emergency supplies like food and water in case the ...

But scientists think that in the past, these huge eruptions caused some of the planet's biggest mass extinctions. The first hint that a volcano might erupt is usually a lot of tiny earthquakes.

Kilauea began continuously releasing lava from its summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at 9:26 a.m., the U.S ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – A new volcanic vent was discovered at Yellowstone ... Yellowstone sits atop one of the planet’s largest reservoirs of magma, which is the engine behind hydrothermal ...

An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the sequence of events during the last million years before the extinction of ...