Natural disasters, from wildfires, floods and mudslides in western states to large earthquakes in Japan, have rocked, burned and flooded parts of the world in the first months of 2025. What’s next?

Discover why volcanoes erupt, how magma and gas pressure trigger eruptions and the role of tectonic plates in explosive volcanic activity.

The 2021 volcanic blast in the Canary Islands entombed more than 2,800 buildings in lava and ash. Now scientists are searching for clues to understand what made La Palma’s first eruption in 50 years ...

How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma ...

A volcano near the Iran-Pakistan border rose multiple inches between 2023 and 2024 — raising alarm that it may be nearing an ...

Researchers at Mainz University identified volcanic tremors caused by the movement of magma. What really happens inside a ...