A recent discovery off the coast of the Canary Islands has reignited interest in one of history’s oldest mysteries: the ...

Did the eruption of Thera (Santorini) affect the ancient Egyptians? This article examines the evidence from archaeology and ...

The Ten Plagues of Egypt are sometimes argued to have been the result of the eruption of Thera. Does the evidence really ...

This image shows the Northern Lights shining bright as lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland shoots high into the air. (Marco Di Marco via Storyful) The most recent eruption began on the evening of ...

The most recent eruption began on the evening of Aug. 22 after a series of earthquakes that rocked the region around Grindavik. The area north of Grindavik was evacuated after the eruption began, and ...

While our three agencies have worked well responding to volcanic unrest and eruptions together for decades, the Interagency Volcano Plan puts our practices down on paper. We developed the plan ...

This tiny museum in the heart of Thera houses frescoes and other archaeological treasures found during the excavation of Ancient Akrotiri, which was destroyed by the volcanic eruption that ...

The meteorological office warned that wind could carry gas pollution from the eruption towards the south and southeast. The nearby Blue Lagoon spa, which has large outdoor pools heated by ...

The "plume" of gas is understood to have begun passing over the country at a high altitude early on Sunday morning and has since cleared. It was released high into the atmosphere by a volcano in ...

A cloud of sulphur dioxide has crossed over Britain after a volcanic eruption hundreds of miles away in Iceland. The gas passed high in the atmosphere above the UK in the last couple of days and ...

A toxic gas cloud is sweeping across the UK after volcanic eruptions near Grindavik in Iceland last Thursday. The sulphur dioxide cloud is expected to shroud the country completely, following its ...