Although Europe is not famous for its large number of active volcanoes, it boasts several impressive mountains of volcanic ...

Pozzuoli, Italy - In the red zone of the awakening Phlegraean Fields, the most dangerous volcano in Europe, 2,000-year-old ruins are rising from the earth, thrust upward by hydrothermal force. The ...

New research suggests a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried imported grain to fill the gap came plague-carrying fleas.

Five days after Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano scattered ash over European skies and grounded flights across the continent, air travel is slowly resuming as airspace is reopened. But thousands of ...

Mount Etna erupted on Monday (June 2) with a ginormous cloud of ash and triggered an avalanche of volcanic material that has ripped down the side of Europe's largest active volcano. The massive ...

Mount Etna on the coast of Sicily, Italy, erupted on Sunday. The eruption and volcanic fallout forced the Catania International Airport to close. Mount Etna is dubbed Europe's tallest active volcano.

Natural disasters, from wildfires, floods and mudslides in western states to large earthquakes in Japan, have rocked, burned and flooded parts of the world in the first months of 2025. What’s next?

LONDON (Reuters) - The economic impact of the volcanic ash cloud currently rendering much of Europe a no-fly zone depends almost entirely on how long it lasts -- something even the experts say they ...

Jose Luis Barrera, deputy president of Spain's College of Geologists, said Europe should get ready for ash-covered inconvenience at least through the summer — and perhaps longer. He noted that the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Icelandic volcano currently making northern Europe a no-fly zone could potentially affect international travel for months with the key questions how long the eruption lasts and ...