Italy’s volcanoes are waking up, and scientists warn that the next eruption could be far more devastating than Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, sits close to densely packed towns and cities, and ...

Join us on an unforgettable journey to Montserrat, the "Pompeii of the Caribbean," where we document the haunting aftermath and ongoing activity of one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in ...

Making headlines around the world, Brent Seales and his team of computer scientists set out on a mission to read the 2,000-year-old carbonized scrolls found in the remains of a villa in Herculaneum.

Volcanic debris flows (lahars) are highly destructive volcanic phenomena and present significant challenges in numerical simulation. This manuscript tackles the three fundamental requirements for ...

The National Emergency Management Organization of St. Vincent and the Grenadines said the volcano erupted again Monday morning around 4:15 a.m. local time. The volcano’s dome collapsed, and the ...

Cloud of ash and gas engulfed Roman city within minutes and suffocated inhabitants, research says A giant cloud of ash and gases released by Vesuvius in 79 AD took about 15 minutes to kill the ...

NARRATOR: From space, it's the heavenly blue planet, but deep within, it's a violent hellish inferno, hotter than the surface of the sun, where rock melts to liquid ...