Co-lead scientists Jasper Konter and Matt Jackson look for a suitable sampling site using data of seamount collected with the research ship's sonar system. Geologists led by the University of Maryland ...

A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long believed ...

After decades of speculation, scientists have linked the massive Ontong-Java Plateau to the Louisville hotspot, solving a volcanic mystery that rewrites the Pacific Ocean’s geologic history. A trail ...

Volcanic eruptions at Earth’s surface have significant consequences. Smaller ones can scare tourists on Mount Etna or disrupt air traffic. Giant, large-scale eruptions can have more serious impacts.

A volcanic eruption on the island of Java has raised concerns about the safety of travel to Indonesia and Bali. Australia’s Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre has issued a red aviation warning, with locals ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The death toll from a volcanic eruption Saturday on Indonesia's main island of Java has risen to 13, the country's disaster agency said Sunday. National Disaster Mitigation Agency ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A total of 187 hikers were stranded on Mount Semeru in East Java, Indonesia, after the country’s highest volcano erupted on Wednesday afternoon, November 19, 2025. According to the ...

Learn more about the area around Mount Tambora and how, even though it was once the site of the largest eruption on record, the next massive eruption probably won't come from there. Imagine a volcanic ...

Mount Semeru killed 51 people when it erupted in December 2021. Several villages surrounding Mount Semeru, Indonesia's tallest volcano, have been blanketed in ash and soot following its latest ...

More than 170 climbers caught by Mount Semeru’s sudden eruption have returned to safety, Indonesian authorities said. “They are safe and now being helped to return,” Priatin Hadi Wijaya, head of the ...