It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid ...

Learn more about how complex life on Earth likely wouldn’t have been possible without volcanic activity.

For billions of years, Earth’s atmosphere lacked the oxygen necessary to sustain complex life. While scientists have long ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers ...

Evidence of elevated volcanic activity indicate eruption of Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano could happen within weeks or months, ...

Scientists found that volcanic eruptions triggered short-lived oxygen spikes before Earth's air became breathable.

Researchers predict the most likely outcome of the unrest at Mt. Spurr is “one or more explosive events” that could last as ...

but instead has historically ejected huge plumes of volcanic ash as high as 45,000 feet into the atmosphere, disrupting air travel between the United States and Asia via the great circle routes ...

Recently, Cole-Dai and colleagues published a paper in Atmosphere that revealed the 13th century had an unprecedented five major volcanic eruptions. "The number of very large volcanic eruptions in ...

It’s a two-fer Tuesday at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park as Episode 13 of the ongoing summit eruption of Kīlauea on the Big ...

Dramatic images and satellite footage have captured the powerful eruption of Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of Fire), putting thousands of people in the area at risk, according to reports.

Guatemala's Fuego volcano normally erupts once every four to five years. The last eruption occurred in June 2023. Over 1,000 ...