Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image of active volcano shows magma pressure inside volcanoes can destabilize slopes and trigger collapse. (CREDIT: YouTube / CC ...

Volcanic eruptions may be one of nature’s most dramatic calamities, but there has been no catastrophe model to assess the potential insured losses. And risk managers do not always properly consider ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it ...

It should be possible, but getting there will require a greater understanding of subsurface physics. Click to tell Google to prioritize Quanta and see more of the best coverage of science and math in ...

Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A new study suggests it may instead be fueled by ancient pockets of magma ...

Globally, there is about one volcano erupting each week. Volcanic unrest kills an average of 500 people every year and costs the global economy roughly US$7 billion (£5.7 billion). With one in 20 ...

Across the Atlantic, a volcano could be threatening to wreak devastation on the US. But the danger doesn’t lie with the volcanic gases, ash clouds or molten lava spewing out from a future eruption.