Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 20—The Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources has reapproved legislation that increased monitoring of Washington's ...

As scientists in the northwest work to increase seismic monitoring in the region, they’re now shifting focus to areas beyond metro populations, adding more seismometers to volcanoes and planning ...

The USGS reports a 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Hawaii's Big Island Friday night near Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo amid ongoing ...

This week the U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and Mount Hood National Forest, installed three new volcano monitoring stations on the ...

Scientists know that changing tree leaves can indicate when a nearby volcano is becoming more active and might erupt. In a new collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, scientists ...

A spending freeze could disrupt systems that warn communities when eruptions appear imminent. By Raymond Zhong When the fuming and rumbling at Mount Spurr, a giant volcano northwest of Anchorage, ...

The ground beneath Kilauea’s summit is swelling with fresh magma, and the next eruption could break through at any moment.

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...

For more than 100,000 years, the Methana volcano in Greece appeared quiet and lifeless. No lava spilled down its slopes. No ash clouds darkened the sky. To anyone watching from the surface, the ...