KILAUEA, Hawaii (Island News) – The 42nd episode in Halema’uma’u Kilauea summit began on Sunday afternoon, according to USGS. The episode began at approximately 1:50 p.m. on Sunday with the onset of ...

But some refused to evacuate during the hazardous lava fountaining episode.

Scientists in Mexico documented a number of changes inside El Chichón during monitoring between June and December 2025.

On this episode of Science Dispatch, we dive into the latest Kīlauea eruption and the alarming chemistry behind the air ...

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources." ...

Fluid inclusions in volcanoes are dominantly composed of carbon dioxide. At magmatic temperatures — 2,192 degrees — the density of the carbon dioxide strongly depends on pressure, which is influenced ...

Volcanoes don’t always show their activity through huge explosions or lava rivers. In many cases, the changes are quiet and ...

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, ...

What may look like a single volcanic eruption is usually the visible outcome of far more complicated activity taking place underground. Beneath the surface, magma can migrate, cool, mix, and ...

When referred to as a gas, it means a volatile has transitioned into the vapor phase. The most common gases (or vapor phase volatiles) emitted at the surface are water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ...