Below the Clouds” and Werner Herzog’s “Ghost Elephants” offer thrilling but troubled visions of a world in environmental flux.

Across history, some of the world’s most advanced cities have vanished beneath ash, mud, water, and sediment. Unlike cities destroyed by war, these were overwhelmed by forces far beyond human control, ...

Scientists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) documented a number of changes inside Mexico's El Chichón volcano during monitoring between June and December 2025. El Chichón's ...

EXCLUSIVE: Director Gianfranco Rosi’s award-winning documentary Pompei: Below the Clouds will be coming to U.S. theaters and to MUBI’s streaming platform in March. The film, shot in lustrous black and ...

If you’re feeling antsy about today’s divisional game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers, you’re not alone. Even Mount Saint Helens is on pins and needles. The mountain’s parody ...

Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help planners anticipate future mudflows. By Katherine Kornei Katherine Kornei ...

Headlines from the Jan. 6, 1926, front page include: A1 Article from Jan 6, 1926 St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) Headlines from the Jan. 27, 1926, front page include: Hundreds showed up ...

Archaeologists unearthed a fresco depicting a peahen that mirrors a peacock found on another part of the same wall. Archaeological Park of Pompeii When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., ash and ...

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was the gravest natural disaster to strike Italy during the peak of the Roman Empire, killing more than a thousand people in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny ...

A little volcanic eruption wasn't going to stop these winter warriors from enjoying a day on the slopes. Mount Etna is the most active volcano in Italy and started spewing ash just after Christmas.

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

The volcanic eruption that struck the Roman resort city of Pompeii may be the most famous natural disaster in human history. But one critical detail about the catastrophe continues vexing experts: the ...