The Mount Veniaminof study may help prepare for eruptions for other volcanoes near major population centers around the world.

When volcanoes are preparing to erupt, scientists rely on typical signs to warn people living nearby: deformation of the ...

An eruption at Mount Spurr ... with the volcano continuing to inflate and trembling rather dramatically, the Alaska Volcano Observatory issued an alert: Something unusual was going on.

Some volcanoes erupt with little to no warning, posing serious risks to nearby communities and air traffic. A study of Alaska's Veniaminof volcano reveals how specific internal conditions like slow ...

Aircraft data captured by Flightradar24 from June 15-18, 2025, in Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC, shows the U.S. Air ...

Volcanic smoke billows from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki during an eruption, as seen from Lembata, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

eruption. R.G. McGimsey, /, Alaska Volcano Observatory “We’re not out of the woods yet, by any means,” Matt Haney, a researcher with the Alaska Volcano Observatory, told Alaska Public Media.

Over the last month, volcanic eruptions have once again made headlines across the globe. One of the most active volcanoes in the world is Italy’s Mount Etna, and it has a very explosive history over ...

During these past few days, many Kodiak Islanders were pleased as they gazed into a sunny sky with swaths of blue. It was ...

Normally, during eruptions, there’s not much anyone ... a geophysicist at the USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory. As powerful as those explosives were, they were simply no match for the might ...

Monitoring and forecasting the movement of volcanic clouds is key to mitigating the impacts on communities, infrastructure, and air traffic.