For years, social media users have shared images and videos they claimed show Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological ...

An 'Avalanche' TV series for Iceland and Finland is being made by 'The Valahlla Murders' duo Thordur Palsson and Óttar ...

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The Alaska Volcano Observatory said signs indicated a Mount Spurr eruption was likely, though not certain, in the weeks or ...

In a remote corner of the U.S., active volcanoes wait patiently above the ridgelines, leaving residents on edge.

Hot springs are nature's way of saying, "come in; take the load off." But some, like the ones here, must be revered and ...

The authors therefore conclude, based on modern volcanic eruption observations, that a super-heated ash cloud which dissipated quickly was the first deadly event during Vesuvius's eruption. They ...

Along with Pompeii, the ancient settlement was obliterated in 79AD when the volcano erupted ... effects of the eruption as the burning hot ash cloud hit. The city was buried in the latter stages ...

As he lay on his bed he was most likely caught in a fast-moving superheated ash cloud that rushed down the volcano's slope to the coast, according to a new study published today in Scientific Reports.

A unique, dark-colored glass found inside the skull of a Roman killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is his brain—cooked into a fossil by an ash cloud ... dozen feet of volcanic ash and ...

For several years now, we've been following a tantalizing story indicating that the high heat of the ash cloud generated when ... buried in volcanic ash, and there was evidence of brain matter ...