Under a microscope, a core slice from trees that are sensitive to temperature change can illustrate historic volcanic ...

Once a day, as the sun drops behind the crowded southern coast of Tenerife, a single ferry carrying only a handful of foreign tourists departs from a quiet port dwarfed by the resort-laden coastline.

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) — The on-and-off eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano broke a record Monday with the number of periods it has produced fountains of lava since it began ...

It's a truism among oceanographers that there is more accurate mapping of the surface of the moon and Mars than of the deep-ocean floor. That's especially true for the Bismarck Sea, a relatively deep ...

Forecasters raised odds to 82% that El Niño will emerge in the coming months, with up to 37% chance it becomes “very strong” — the highest forecast yet for this potentially powerful climate pattern. A ...

JAKARTA, May 10 (Reuters) - Two Singaporean nationals missing following the eruption of Mount Dukono on Indonesia's Halmahera island were confirmed dead on Sunday, the ‌local rescue agency said.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An explosive eruption of Mount Dukono on a remote Indonesian island killed three hikers, authorities said Friday. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive ...

The central and eastern equatorial Pacific waters continue a steady march toward El Niño following the La Niña that was in place since last summer. You can see this in the animation from NOAA's ...

While much of the recent weather chatter has centered on the cool spring stretch, a much larger signal is beginning to emerge thousands of miles away in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Meteorologists are ...

Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone’s potential to blow its stack in the future. Chinese scientists have made a disconcerting find ...

The smallest and most westerly of the seven main Canary Islands, El Hierro is young, in geological terms – a mere 1.2 million years old – and its volcanic landscape is far less lush than those of its ...