In short, an eruption is a life-threatening spectacle.But while volcanoes may be dangerous, they are increasingly also tourist attractions, offering travellers an incomparable experience of ...

Sicily’s Mount Etna has put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash miles into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.

In the summer of 1831, strange things began to happen in the skies over Europe and North America. The sun shimmered blue and ...

Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna on Sicily, is erupting again, sending tourists running away from a huge plume of ash and smoke in the air and lava flowing down its slope.

Oceans are the large, linked bodies of saltwater that have approximately 71% of the surface area on Earth and contribute ...

Experts warn of a potential mega-tsunami threatening Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. This catastrophic wave ...

But the risks posed by volcanoes aren't limited to the Ring of Fire: In Europe, for example, there's Mount Etna in Sicily, which has erupted again in May. At the same time, the volcano attracts ...

Deep craters, glowing lava, high peaks: while volcanoes may be dangerous, they increasingly are tourist attractions in their own right. They offer travellers an incomparable experience of nature – ...

Guatemalan authorities evacuated around a thousand people on Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted ... Guatemala lies on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and experiences frequent ...

The Ring of Fire and volcanic eruptions The Ring of ... And Mount Etna, the tallest volcano in Europe, erupted on Feb. 8 and again two days later, just days before the Hawaii volcano.

Many volcanoes are focused in an area known as the Ring of Fire, a ring of volcanoes that runs through the continents and archipelagos that surround the Pacific Ocean, linking distant territories ...

Covering more than 3,000 square miles and eight percent of the country, it's not only Iceland's largest glacier but the largest in Europe ... lies seven active volcanoes, caldera lakes, and ...