By reconstructing a 700,000-year history of Methana volcano, geologists found a prehistoric phase when it appeared inactive ...

When a volcano is dormant, it typically doesn't tend to make much noise. However, the Iliamna Volcano in Alaska is defying what we thought we knew about volcanos by rumbling despite being marked ...

The sudden awakening of a volcano that had been quiet for roughly 12,000 years has transformed a remote corner of Ethiopia into a global focal point, as a towering ash plume shot into the sky like an ...

A new geological study of Greece’s Methana volcano reveals it experienced a 100,000-year dormant period before erupting again, challenging assumptions about volcanic extinction. Researchers found ...

A volcano that has been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years could be gearing up for a massive explosion, according to new research. Scientists have measured signs of unrest at the Taftan ...

Add to the long list of global warming concerns that melting ice caps could trigger more volcanic eruptions. Worse, researchers said Monday at a scientific conference in Prague, the increasing ...

As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ice sheets have suppressed eruptions for thousands of years, building up ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia’s long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano subsided Tuesday, days after an eruption that left a trail of destruction in nearby villages and ...