Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A volcano that slept for more than 100,000 years before erupting is blowing up our understanding of when volcanoes should be defined as active or extinct. Volcanologists officially classify sleeping ...

Above the clouds at the summit of Haleakala, the largest volcano on Maui, encompassing three-quarters of the island, I look out over the crater, stretching out in shades of red, black and brown. It’s ...

Methana volcano looked dead for more than 100,000 years, yet magma kept building below ground. By dating tiny crystals, scientists found a hidden system still active, raising new doubts about how ...

For a split second, a fireball outshone the rivers of molten lava flowing from the Philippines’ most active volcano. By Robin George Andrews As night fell over the island of Luzon in the Philippines ...

A volcano in southeastern Iran has nudged upward by about 3.5 inches (9 centimeters) in 10 months. This might sound like a small rise but it has big significance. A new study used satellite data to ...

Rincón de la Vieja has overtaken Turrialba and Poás as Costa Rica’s most active volcano, vulcanologists at the National University said this week, after three eruptions in 10 days culminated in the ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the alert level remained at 3, based on its latest 24-hour monitoring. The 2,462-meter (8,007-foot) volcano is one of the Philippines’ top ...

The last eruption of Greece’s Methana volcano was around 250 B.C.E. Ever since that event, which was recorded by the Greek historian Strabo, the mountain has lurked silently, just across the Saronic ...

Sakurajima is an active volcano on the Osumi peninsula in Kagoshima prefecture on the southern tip of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. The mountain rises to an elevation of 3,644 ...

For more than 100,000 years, a Greek volcano lay silent. But deep underground, it was still growing. Tiny zircon crystals show magma was quietly brewing between eruptions, researchers report April 22 ...