Livestream video from Japan’s Sakurajima volcano showed an impressive plume of ash rising from its crater on April 11.The broadcaster NTV cited the Kagoshima Local Meteorological Observatory as

The eruption has closed Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Highway 11 in Puna at the 25.5 Mile Marker at the intersection of Nahelenani Street and in Kau at the 40 Mile Marker. Drivers are asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes.

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Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, marking the largest volcanic eruption in the current geological epoch, the Holocene.

A recent study reveals that the Poás volcano has changed its eruption pattern, redefining the global ash-related risk map.

Kīlauea Volcano on the Big Island in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park erupted on April 9. The U.S. geological survey placed the area under a red warning, which is the highest level alert issued and indicates critical weather conditions.

Volcanic eruptions are notoriously hard to predict in advance, but after 10 years of research, one team thinks they have the problem solved.

Scientists reveal a hidden magma and fluid system beneath Ebeko volcano, explaining how quiet surfaces can lead to sudden eruptions.