Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...

In ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or the Hawaiian language, we might call them puahiohio, or whirlwinds. In meteorological terms, these ...

Deep under the Pacific Ocean, more than 300 miles off the Oregon coast, lies a restless underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount. It is the most active submarine volcano in the northeast Pacific and ...

Baseline earthquake activity at Axial typically ranges from 200 to 300 per day. Recent swarms have shattered this pattern, with individual events producing spikes to as many as 2,000 earthquakes per ...

Meteorologists sometimes warn of a winter storm that could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. According to the US National ...

A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes ...

Scientists from Mexico’s National Autonomous University have created the first three-dimensional image of the Popocatépetl ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea—one of Earth’s most active volcanoes—is bringing the drama. On December 6 lava fountains in the Halema‘uma‘u crater at the shield volcano’s summit spewed more than 1,000 feet into the ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii- The saga continues as Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano erupts for the 38th time. Starting at 8:45 a.m. local time on Dec. 6, continuous lava fountaining lasted 12.1 ...

The Coconucos volcanic chain is a mountain ridge dotted with at least 14 volcano craters, including one that is active and ...

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello, hello. REGINA BARBER AND EMILY KWONG: Hey, Ailsa ...