When a massive environmental disaster strikes, do societies simply collapse and disappear? Or do people find a way to adapt, ...

Population models suggest the Kikai-Akahoya eruption brought severe regional decline alongside continued growth on some ...

The Kikai-Akahoya eruption did not produce one uniform human outcome across prehistoric Japan. A new study finds that populations collapsed near the volcano while others expanded, revealing how ...

Around 5,250 BCE a series of volcanic activity rocked Japan's southernmost island, Kyushu. Known as the Kikai-Akahoya ...

Learn how an ancient volcanic eruption in Chile buried a vast landscape, concealing clues on the rise of the Andes Mountains. Pompeii getting buried in ash and rock is far from the only ...

A massive volcanic eruption devastated southern Japan 7,300 years ago, but new research reveals how ancient communities ...

Scientists have identified an ancient volcano on England's east coast that is so eroded, it took researchers three decades to piece together its enormous size and explosive past. What remains of the ...

The most recent eruptive pulse of the West Eifel Volcanic Field occurred approximately 25,000 years ago. At that time, a group of volcanic lakes known as the Dauner Maare were formed, among others.

According to Pliny the Younger, Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24th, 79 CE. That date is now helping geochronologists modify a common mineral dating technique. Reading time 3 minutes “Argon-argon ...

A Caribbean volcano responsible for one of the deadliest eruptions in history has shown a spike in seismic activity, sparking concerns that it could potentially blow again. Situated on the Caribbean ...

A recent study sheds light on how magma moves beneath Nicaragua's most active volcano, located in the vicinity of some 2 ...

When you hear the words 'spectacular scenery in Hokkaido,' what kind of places come to mind?Vast grasslands, endless ...