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1 day ago · After 800 years of calm, volcanoes have awakened in the Reykjanes Peninsula of Iceland — about 56 kilometers (35 miles) south of the nation’s capital, Reykjavik. Since 2021, a string of ...
1 day ago · Maxar via Getty Images. Most of the nearly 150 million tonnes of water vapour launched into the air by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in 2022 remains there ...
6 days ago · Every volcano in the world that has erupted within the past 10,000 years or is considered potentially active and many extinct volcanoes are listed. Volcano News | Volcanoes Today | Active Volcano Map | VAAC advisories | Volcano Stats | Volcanic glossary | Volcano Photos | Volcano Webcams
3 days ago · The volcano has erupted five times since December 2023. John Moore/Getty Images The volcanic activity that has rocked Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula recently could be here to stay.
1 day ago · Home Reef Volcano Grows. Dry land is ephemeral at Home Reef, a mid-ocean volcano in the central Tonga islands. Cycles of eruptions and erosion have periodically created and destroyed a small island there since at least the mid-19th century. In June 2024, an eruption tacked on new area to the speck of land, lofted a volcanic plume into the sky ...
4 days ago · The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program. Updated by 2300 UTC every Wednesday and averaging 16 reported volcanoes, this is not a comprehensive list of all eruptions this week, but rather a summary of activity ...
4 days ago · Mount Vesuvius (Vesuvio), active volcano near Naples, Italy, famous for its eruption in 79 CE that destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Stabiae, and Herculaneum. Scientific study of the volcano began in the late 18th century. Read here to learn more about Mount Vesuvius.
