It’s amazing the scale of what has happened at Kilauea volcano over a little more than a year and a half. Since the current eruption started in December 2024, the caldera has been filled ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that any Icelandic volcano in possession of magma must be in want of an eruption. However little known the feelings and innards of such a volcano may be, any ...

The terrible disaster in the Nepal and (probably) Tibet has happened, when a debris flow came down one of the river valleys. The toll is still unclear. The images show a wall of mud, tens of meters ...

Observing means noting the details, seeing what is important, what it shows or indicates. Speculation is allowed, but opinions should be based around facts and the holder should be willing to change ...

Imagine. You are being put in charge of planning for a future major volcanic eruption. All you have is an incomplete list of volcanoes in the world, some experience of past eruptions, and a few ...

Some fault systems in the world are well known for their destructive potential. Examples are Turkey’s North Anatolian fault and California’s San Andreas. In both cases, large events in the ...

The Southern Peninsula (Suðurnes) is the western part of the Reykjanes Peninsula; the border is drawn to exclude Reykjavik and its suburbs. Suðurnes is the first point of call for most visitors to ...

Volcanology can be traced back to Campania. The first detailed report of an eruption was made here, in the year 79, by an 18-year old boy called Pliny. To avoid confusion with his uncle, a major ...

This, of course, is our annual April-1 news story, not all aspects of which are equally reliable. The picture of an unshaped lava mount is a hornito from the Mount Ulu eruption. Indeed, they can form ...

America came late. Humanity had come from Africa, and spread out over Eurasia. This happened mainly during the ice age, when lower sea levels allowed walking migration where previously a significant ...