Firefighters battle a fire in the Palisades, Los Angeles, January 11, 2025. (Photo credit: Peyman Fakhraei/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) Los Angeles is on fire, but it is not alone. In recent years, fire disasters have engulfed cities in…
The caldera at the top of Vesuvius lined up perfectly with a hole in the clouds when the Landsat 8 satellite flew over it in 2022. (Image credit: NASA/Landsat/Joshua Stevens) This stunning satellite image shows one of the planet’s most…
Researchers have discovered that vast reservoirs of magma lie beneath dormant volcanoes in the Cascade Range. (Photo: aaaaimages/Getty Images) New research suggests that long-dormant volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest still have significant reservoirs of magma beneath…
Spirit Lake is located about 3 miles (5 kilometers) north of the peak of Mount St. Helens and was altered by a record-breaking landslide during the volcano’s 1980 eruption. (Photo credit: NASA/Landsat/Wanmei Liang) This stunning satellite image shows the unique…
Mount Spurr’s crater summit as seen from the south on Feb. 7 during a helicopter photo and gas survey. (Photo Credit: AVO/USGS) A volcanic eruption could occur in Alaska, likely sending avalanches of hot ash and mud down the mountain’s…
Kilauea volcano erupted more than 300 feet (100 meters) from its crater during its eruption on Tuesday (Feb. 11). (Photo by U.S. Geological Survey, H. Winslow) The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted on Tuesday (Feb. 11) with a…
NOAA’s GOES West satellite captured a powerful eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hanga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. (Image courtesy of NOAA) A tsunami triggered by the explosive eruption of the Tonga underwater volcano in the Pacific…
The 2021 South Atlantic tsunami has had significant repercussions around the world. (Photo courtesy of NOAA Tsunami Research Center) A new study has found that the mysterious source of a tsunami that swept the planet and traveled up to 6,000…
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Fukushima, causing damage to pavement tiles in front of the Fukushima train station, as shown in this photo from March 17, 2022. (Image Credit: STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images) A tsunami warning has been issued…
Researchers find that the eruption of the underwater volcano Tonga triggered the megatsunami (Photo courtesy of NASA) The eruption of the Tonga underwater volcano was comparable in power to the most powerful US nuclear bomb and caused a “megatsunami” close…
Scientists have studied 30,000 years of simulated time to assess the threat of tsunamis caused by underwater earthquakes off the coast of New Zealand. Research suggests tsunami waves up to 92 feet (28 metres) high could hit parts of New…
Satellites orbiting the Earth have detected subtle magnetic signals caused by ocean tides. (Image courtesy of the European Space Agency) Researchers have studied in detail the magnetic signals associated with the Earth’s ocean tides. These faint signals, which can be…