8 of the World’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes, According to Experts

Dozens of people have died, hundreds are missing and many more homes were destroyed after separate volcanic eruptions in ...
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For 25 Years, the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program Has Kept Weekly Tabs on Volcanic Eruptions Around the World. Here’s How They Do It

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...

Mount Vesuvius: Photos From the Volcano’s Last Great Eruption

Exactly 70 years ago, in March 1944, British photographer George Rodger captured the last great eruption of Italy's legendary volcano.
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Timing shifts for eruption of underwater volcano off West Coast

A swelling underwater volcano off the West Coast is now expected to erupt later than previously projected. Scientists initially thought that the Axial Seamount, which lies 300 miles off the coast of ...

The Farmer Who Glimpsed a Rare Volcanic Birth

Dionisio Pulido watched as Paricutín tore through his fields—suddenly, scientists flocked there from around the globe ...

Fire in the sky: Kīlauea volcano erupts in Hawaii shooting lava 1,300 feet into the air in the 10-hour eruption

Kīlauea volcano on Hawaiʻi Island erupted again, shooting lava as high as 1,300 feet into the air. This eruption was particularly striking, even for a volcano that’s been active for decades. This was ...
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Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest, Precursors, and Timing

Suggested Citation: "3 Forecasting Eruptions." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest ...