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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted again on Thursday, marking the 45th episode of its kind over the last year and a half. Lava began to burst from the volcano in the early morning, around 1:30 a.m.

A new scientific study has reignited global interest in the Yellowstone Caldera, after researchers suggested that magma beneath the surface may be located at shallower depths than previously believed, ...

The Methana volcano in Greece, thought to be dormant for hundreds of thousands of years, has been found accumulating enormous amounts of magma underneath. For more than 100,000 years, the volcano ...

Welsh musician Gwenno (full name Gwenno Saunders) has announced a new album, Utopia, which is her first solo LP sung mainly in the English language, and shared its first single, “Dancing On Volcanoes, ...

Fire crews responded to a Hope Ranch “volcano” near Santa Barbara, California, as smoke and fire emerged from a coastal bluff vent on April 23, 2026. Santa Barbara County Fire Department Fire crews ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The so-called Hope Ranch Volcano in Santa Barbara — which ignited Thursday — isn’t actually a volcano. Geologists ...

Bob Marley’s life finally hits the big screen this week in the form of Bob Marley: One Love. In his 36 years, Marley lived a life so rich and tumultuous, not all of it can be distilled into a biopic.

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Japan’s most active volcano erupted on Saturday afternoon, sending an ash plume 3.4km into the sky, grounding flights and blanketing the surrounding city of Kagoshima in debris. It was Sakurajima’s ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

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