When a volcano erupts, the conventional wisdom is that you evacuate, because there’s nothing you can do to stop the destructive power of the heat, ash, and lava that comes from it. But conditions vary. If a lava fl...

[http://youtu.be/BUREX8aFbMs] (YouTube link)Mount...  ...ew Guinea is quite an active volcano. In 1937, an eruption killed 507 people. Another in 1994 flattened a ne...  ...earby town. In 2006, it erupted again. The latest eruption was on August 29th, and Phil McNamara captured it...  ...eo from a boat. Note the...

[http://youtu.be/e4PUOBIwEv0] (YouTube link)This i...  ...here to not only record it, but pose with it. The eruption

Would you live in a city near an active volcano? Many people do, all over the world. Environmental Graffiti shows us ten cities in which the people live side-by-side with the threat of explosions, ash, and lava. Show...

When Mount Pelee erupted and killed the entire population of 30,000 people on the island of Martinique, only one man survived, a prisoner who happened to be locked up in a partially underground jail cell. Learn more...

Pocket Volcano - $3.95 Is that a volcano in you...  ...Pocket Volcano from the NeatoShop gives off some eruption .  Did you say it can be used over and over again...

The largest volcanic event in recorded history was...  ...c event in recorded history was the Mount Tambora eruption in 1815, which spewed so much rock and ash that t...

Next month will mark the 30th anniversary of the M...  ...mark the 30th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption that buried the area in ash, flattened trees for...

The Big Picture blog has some stunning images of t...  ...travel to and from Europe. See photographs of the eruption in progress and its effects on the atmosphere as...