"What we all hoped would not happen," Johannesson said back in January, "has come to pass." More on volcanoes: Scientists ...

An underwater volcano near the South Pacific island nation of Tonga erupted on January 15. The eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, Nasa ...

What’s next? Lava is erupting from several volcanoes, including one in Hawaii. Nearly 50 volcanic eruptions have been recorded this year, and more are expected. The Axial Seamount, an underwater ...

Earth has had a dramatic history, filled with its share of angry outbursts ... An example is the Hawaiian volcano of Kīlauea. Next is VEI-1, a gentle eruption that can happen frequently.

This programme investigates three of the most powerful forces that our planet experiences: earthquakes, avalanches and volcanoes. Earthquakes have killed more than two million people in this ...