He was an airline pilot for 20 years and military pilot before that. At least three airlines cancelled flights between ...

Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have all either cancelled or delayed flights due to ash clouds from Mount Lewotobi ...

Four in every five people in Africa cook using wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels in open fires or inefficient stoves.

Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs.

About two months before Mauna Loa spewed rivers of glowing orange molten lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby ...

That's after seismometers picked up an increased number of small earthquakes at the volcano and GPS sensors showed it was ...

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano spewed towering columns of hot ash high into the air Saturday, days after a huge eruption killed nine people and injured dozens of others. Activity at the ...

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Saturday, sending a giant ash tower nine kilometres (more than five miles) ...

Researchers have revealed the truth about Pompeii’s history and societal structure thanks to ancient DNA analyses.

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their genetic ...