On a Sunday morning, the Sakurajima volcano on Japan's Kyushu Island erupted multiple times, marking a significant geological event that disrupted air travel and affected local communities. This ...

Think about a mountain that keeps getting taller but never explodes. This might sound impossible, yet it happens more often ...

The impact of volcanic eruptions extends beyond immediate ash fallout. The long-term effects can include changes in local ecosystems, air quality issues, and disruptions to transportation and ...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga erupted on January 15, leaving the island coated in ash and causing a tsunami that caused even further damage to the Pacific island nation. There were ...

The volcano, which is called Sakurajima and is located on the southern tip of Kyushu near the city of Kagoshima, erupted at ...

The volcanic eruption that discharged near Tonga in January – which caused destruction to the nation and was felt by other countries along the Pacific Ocean – was one of the most powerful eruptions in ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves around the world. Now, scientists are finding the volcano’s effects ...

SPOKANE, Wash.– In an instant, the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapa volcano went from a minor curiosity in islands of the South Pacific to an unfolding disaster for the small island nation of ...

While residents of Tonga struggle to recover from a devastating volcanic explosion that smothered the Pacific island nation with ash and swamped it with water, scientists are trying to better ...