Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Kilauea’s eruption led to a rare event, creating a vortex that sent rocks, dust, and ash flying. The volcano remains one of ...

When lava shot into the air at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, the fountaining set a new record for the volcano which has been erupting for more than a year.

Nearly 4,000 people are living in evacuation shelters across Albay province as Mayon Volcano continues to produce low-level ...

A camera just caught one of the most epic scenes at Mount Mayon, AKA Mayon Volcano. Currently set as an Alert Level 3, meaning increased pyroclastic density (fragmented rock materials, ash, and gases) ...

Livestream footage of the Kilauea volcanic eruption caught the moment a whirlwind impacted one of the cameras placed on the ...

A rare “volnado” spins beside an erupting volcano at Kīlauea’s summit, capturing a wild and surreal natural moment on video ...

A volcano on Japan's major western island of Kyushu has erupted, sending black smoke billowing high into the air, and ...

Multiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon. Initial reports suggested that the falling space rock hit the volcano, but ...

Southern coastal parts of Manus Island have been inundated by huge rafts of pumice created by an erupting undersea volcano.

The volcano on Indonesia's Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs. In May 2026, the Global Volcanism Program reported nine actively erupting volcanoes in ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...