In a recent study, researchers dated a historic lahar called the Electron Mudflow to the summer of 1507, establishing a way ...

Two weeks ago, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three distinct, short-lived explosions in less than five minutes at Taal ...

The red outlines mark where the fires broke out - Image credit: Alamy This causes water vapour to condense, forming the tiny ...

One Planet, 1,500 Personalities: The Uniqueness of Volcanoes Every volcano is unique, with its own special quirks (and yes, these can change over time). But of the roughly 1,500 active land volcanoes ...

Taal Volcano in the Philippines recorded its fourth phreatomagmatic eruption this month, sending a 450‑metre plume into the sky. Phivolcs warns that despite Alert Level 1, sudden eruptions, ashfall, ...

The ship was essentially a floating concentration camp and was lost for decades until an organization found a document ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Japanese military transported more than 62,000 prisoners of war during World War II using dozens of unmarked vessels. - German ...

TARLAC CITY, Philippines — What was once buried under ash and lahar from the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption has been transformed into one of Central Luzon’s leading ecotourism destinations, now ...

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The plumbing systems of volcanoes are vast and complex. But they aren't consistent, even in the same volcano. A Cornell-led collaboration found very different mechanisms behind two historic eruptions ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A new documentary will soon tell the story of the life and death of Robert Landsburg, a Portland photographer who died during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens after using his ...

Forty-six years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted and unleashed a catastrophic landslide and mudflows that led to the deaths of 57 people. It happened at 3:47 p.m. on Thursday, March 20th, 1980, and ...