Indonesia’s Geological Agency raised Anak Krakatau to Level III, the second-highest of its four alert tiers, at 9pm local ...

Episodic lava fountaining is a rare volcanic behavior in which repeated, hours-long bursts of molten lava and gas are spewed ...

Explosive volcanic eruptions often come with intense electrical activity, known as volcanogenic lightning. The team analysed ...

Understanding what triggers large volcanic eruptions is crucial for hazard assessment, but the exact mechanism driving these eruptions is still poorly understood. The prevailing theory is that ...

Shoki TAKAYAMAAssociate Professor, Research Center for Volcanic HazardsWhat is the Hodaka Sedimentation Observatory?I conduct ...

Retrospective and scenario-based analyses at five volcanoes show how warning thresholds can balance precautionary costs ...

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday, prompting the cancelation of all flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as volcanic ash drifted across parts of ...

JAKARTA – Flights to and from Indonesia’s capital and nearby regions resumed Tuesday after ash from a volcanic eruption forced two days of airport closures that halted nearly 3,000 flights.

Volcanic lightning is the lightning that crackles out of the dark, apocalyptic clouds billowing out of volcanic eruptions. It looks like a surefire sign of the end times, but it’s actually a fairly ...

Around 5,250 BCE a series of volcanic activity rocked Japan's southernmost island, Kyushu. Known as the Kikai-Akahoya ...