Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

A new public art mural was unveiled on Friday in downtown Albuquerque adding color and dimension to Bernalillo County’s ...

Video. Germany commemorated the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a stunning art installation in Berlin.

On August 24, 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted and encased the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in ash. Today, the city is a time ...

Despite its unusually small size, the newly unearthed House of Phaedra is covered in elaborate frescos depicting mythological ...

An astronaut captured an enthralling image of Onekotan Island from the International Space Station, showcasing the Krenitsyna Volcano of the Kuril Islands chain. This remarkable photo highlights ...

POZZUOLI, Italy – A piercing alarm burst from millions of cellphones, a signal to hundreds of thousands of people to pack their bags and flee one of Europe’s most dangerous volcanoes.

That was reassuring, at least for the time being. The crater was formed when Askja, a volcano in Vatnajokull National Park in Iceland’s central highlands, uncorked in an explosive eruption in 1875.

Other wall art included beautifully bright depictions ... when Mt Vesuvius erupted on the morning of 24 August, 79 AD. the volcano shot stone, ash and volcanic gases as high as 21 miles into ...

Here’s hoping it’s nothing to blow your lid over. A normally quiet “high threat” volcano in Washington state has been rumbling at a record rate — prompting an alert from geologists who ...

In the second, the volcano triggered an earthquake that collapsed the inner wall of the caldera into the lake, causing it to overflow. And in the third, precipitation prior to the event filled the ...