Hot and cold beneath Tonga volcano. Credit: © Planetary Visions (ESA/Planetary Visions) The astonishing force of the Tonga volcanic eruption shocked the world, but the…
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The plume from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai behaved like a mega-thunderstorm that rose 58 kilometers (38 miles) into the atmosphere. When an underwater volcano erupted near…
The extremely harsh Laguna Caliente lake in the crater of the Poás volcano, Costa Rica. Credit: Justin Wang Lake is dominated by bacteria from a…
Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii. Located near Naples, Italy, Vesuvius last had a violent eruption in 1944, towards the end of the Second World War. It…
Using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission, the image shows the huge plume of sulfur dioxide on January 18, 2022, over Australia, more than 7000…
January 15, 2022 Several Earth-observing satellites collected data during and after the potent blast. One of the most potent volcanic eruptions in decades has obliterated…
Anak Krakatau volcano erupting. The dramatic collapse of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano in December 2018 resulted from long-term destabilizing processes, and was not triggered by…
January 2, 2022 Clouds parted for a glimpse of one of the most dangerous volcanoes on Earth. Mount Vesuvius, located 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) southeast…
January 7, 2022 The glow of a volcanic eruption in the Galápagos Islands was captured by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the…
The findings suggest current theories of how some volcanoes form may be too simple. The hotspots that created volcanic islands such as those of Hawaii,…
December 7, 2021 Flows of superheated ash and tephra mixed with rain to create destructive rivers of debris on the Indonesian volcano. Mount Semeru, the…
Volcanic deposits both on land and on the seafloor are rapidly weathered, releasing nutrients like phosphorus to the oceans (example shown here is Montserrat, West…
A view of the crater of Dotsero volcano, a monogenetic volcano that erupted in Colorado about 4,000 years ago. Credit: Greg Valentine A study presents…
October 18, 2021 Volcanoes emit sulfur dioxide — a pungent gas that reacts with oxygen and moisture in the air to produce a haze called…
This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on October 10, shows the new flow of lava from the volcano erupting on the Spanish island…
October 4, 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcano is making its presence felt from above and below. The effects of the eruption at Cumbre Vieja volcano are being felt…
October 4, 2021 As the Cumbre Vieja eruption continued into its second week, satellites captured images of some remarkable moments in the skies above the…
Image of lava flow on the Spanish island of La Palma captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on September 30, 2021. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus…
September 26, 2021 A slow-moving wall of basaltic lava is bulldozing its way through communities on one of the Canary Islands. After Cumbre Vieja split open and…