On Sunday, November 23, 2025, Hayli Gubbi, a volcano in Ethiopia's Afar Region, erupted for the first time in recorded history. Scientists think the last time this volcano blew was somewhere between ...

The sudden awakening of a volcano that had been quiet for roughly 12,000 years has transformed a remote corner of Ethiopia into a global focal point, as a towering ash plume shot into the sky like an ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...

Extreme drought, rather than a planetary winter, might be humanity’s biggest challenge in the years after a huge volcanic eruption 1. Global temperatures can plummet after a large eruption, if the ...

Earthquakes and volcanic activity are both common in Ethiopia. The country is located in a geologically active region, the East African Rift System. But it’s rare for earthquakes to directly trigger ...

The July 30 8.8 magnitude earthquake near the Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered a series of volcanic activity in Russia. Officials report the rare event of six eruptions since the earthquake. The Ring ...