A vast eruption beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean has been confirmed as the largest volcanic event ever recorded on the ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK — When Scott and Pamela Rippel found out scientists were predicting a fountain of lava would erupt in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Jan. 24, they extended their ...

REFERRING to a note in the last number of NATURE (p. 532) giving an account of a steamer's having encountered vast quantities of pumice in the Indian Ocean, it may be of interest to record that after ...

This week, the tides were back to normal after the hurricane in the Gulf, making for better access to the beaches. Among the beachcombing finds were sand dollars, sargassum and pumice stone. Pumice, a ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

TOKYO – A large amount of pumice, apparently from the eruption of an undersea volcano, has washed ashore on the main island of Okinawa Prefecture and other places, affecting the fisheries industry and ...

The biggest underwater volcanic eruption Japan has seen since the end of WWII has left shores covered in pumice stone. In one video, stones are seen covering the waves, while images show fishing ports ...

New research into the mass death of millions of shearwater birds in 2013 suggests seabirds are eating non-food materials including floating pumice stones, because they are starving, potentially ...

A mass of floating rock from a volcanic explosion underwater in 2019 has arrived at Australia, where it could help the Great Barrier Reef recover. The reef is struggling with symptoms related to ...

A giant floating raft of volcanic rock called pumice could have drifted across an ancient Martian ocean and created one of the most mysterious features we can see on the planet’s surface today. The ...