About 74,000 years ago, the Earth experienced an event so immense that some scientists believe it nearly wiped out our species. This event is known as the Toba catastrophe, named after Lake Toba on ...

Unearthing the truth about volcanic ash: Spain has been spared for 40,000 years, and other facts. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 05 ...

Severely Affecting Marine Life In 2022, an ocean eruption apparently left several underwater beings grasping for breath. This eruption occurred due to the Hunga volcano, which released a 37-mile plume ...

This followed a dramatic Monday, which saw a midday blast propel volcanic material 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the sky, and an evening burst that spewed lava and sent volcanic ash as high as 13 ...

The 1,584m volcano, situated on Flores island, is part of a twin-peaked formation with the taller and less active Mount ...

Volcanic ash needs to be at least 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit (815 degrees Celsius) to become lava. The researchers calculate viscous heating could heat ash by up to 450 F (250 C).

Iceland, often referred to as the land of ice and fire, has recorded a dozen volcanic eruptions since geological systems on ...

Residents are wearing masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that is blanketing several Indonesian villages as ...

Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted with a column of volcanic materials as high as 11 miles into the ...

In the process, they may undergo chemical reactions on the surface of the ash itself—possibly pulling around 43% more sulfur dioxide out of the air. Ash, in other words, may hasten the transformation ...

An ash cloud from a 109-year-old volcanic eruption is on its way toward Alaska's Kodiak Island. The ash is from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, a volcano located in Katmai National Park and ...

The volcano has erupted at least four times in 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.