The eruption’s sulfur dioxide cloud moved eastward, reaching India on November 25 and remaining detectable until December 1, according to data published by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Wednesday. Dozens of flights were canceled the day after the eruption in regions affected or potentially affected by the ash cloud, mainly near Indian airspace.

New research suggests a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried imported grain to fill the gap came plague-carrying fleas.

The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions.

On Sunday morning, November 23, the ground beneath Ethiopia's Afar region shattered twelve millennia of dormancy. Hayli Gubbi volcano, a mountain with no recorded eruptions since the Ice Age, exploded without seismic warning.

An immense volcanic ash cloud from Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi eruption is heading towards India, potentially causing hazy skies and flight disruptions. T

The volcanic ash from the eruption of a long-dormant volcano in Ethiopia reached parts of India on Monday, entering Delhi last night. Experts warn that this volcanic ash, which is made up of pieces of broken rock,

Contrary to popular belief, it’s not the big-name volcanoes like Yellowstone and Mount Etna in Sicily that pose the greatest threat. A UK volcanologist argued that the biggest danger could come from hidden volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored.

Lava flows create a map-like pattern on black basalt rocks at Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano, which erupted in March 2021 for the first time in nearly 800 years. On June 2, 2025, Italy’s Mount Etna, one of Earth’s most active volcanoes, erupted ...