Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Satellite view of Mount Spurr, Alaska. (Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025) (Gallo Images via Getty Images ...

Researchers at Diamond Light Source have used advanced imaging to look at microscopic crystals, called nanolites, to see what they can tell us about volcanic eruptions. Highly explosive eruptions ...

A huge volcano in Alaska appears to be "moving closer to an eruption," scientists monitoring it have said. Mount Spurr, which sits 81 miles (130 kilometers) west of Anchorage, is now releasing unusual ...

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes. A study to be ...

The likelihood of an Alaska volcano’s explosive eruption not far from the state’s largest city has increased, according to researchers. Officials with the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported Wednesday ...

Gas emissions, earthquakes and ground deformations at Mount Spurr, an Alaskan volcano roughly 80 miles northwest of Anchorage, indicate that it is “progressing toward an eruption,” scientists said ...