Mud volcanoes are often pictured as dramatic geological phenomena featuring the sudden eruption of large volumes of fiery mud ...

An enigmatic feature of frozen soils can be explained in part by non-Newtonian fluid physics. Enter the Oobleck.

Volcanoes have shaped some of the world's most productive landscapes, leaving behind fertile soils, natural harbours and ...

A young man caught indoors during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius left behind one of archaeology's strangest remains: a ...

Terrified tourists were seen scrambling for cover as they were pelted with lava from an exploding volcano in Guatemala. Hikers tried to avoid being struck by chunks of burning rocks after Volcán de ...

Some 350,000 years ago, the center of New Zealand's North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today. Amid a glacial period, temperatures were colder and ...

As excited as I was for the Cannes films in the Main Competition, I always look forward to the sidebar sections with just as much, if not more, anticipation. “The Chronology of Water,” “My Father’s ...

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a place of both physical and spiritual power. One of the most popular national parks, with over a million visitors a year, this 355,000-acre park is a living, ...

In the doomed city of Pompeii, the decadence and degeneracy of wealthy Roman aristocrats was legendary. At this elite mecca Rome’s rich and famous indulged themselves without restraint, shamelessly ...

In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it culminated in a tremendous explosion. By the time pyroclastic ...

On May 2, 2026, a wall of superheated gas and volcanic debris broke loose from Mount Mayon’s summit and tore 4 kilometers down the Mi-isi Gully on the volcano’s southwest flank. It was the longest ...