A volcano near the Iran-Pakistan border rose multiple inches between 2023 and 2024 — raising alarm that it may be nearing an ...

Rapid uplifting near the 13,000-foot-tall summit of Taftan shows that this long-dormant volcano is more geologically active ...

Learn more about the Taftan volcano, which hasn’t erupted since the Pleistocene.

A volcano in southern Iran thought to have been extinct for some 710,000 years has stirred.

For decades, the colossal Taftan volcano of eastern Iran appeared a lifeless piece of history. It towered nearly 13,000 feet ...

Scientists observed a 3.5 inches rise in the ground near the Iranian volcano's summit and it holds clues to its eruption.

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic showpieces, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious ...

Discover why volcanoes erupt, how magma and gas pressure trigger eruptions and the role of tectonic plates in explosive ...

Two thousand years ago, Alaska’s Mount Okmok volcano spewed ash high into the atmosphere for months. Scientists believe it ...

Sitting at the border of Rwanda, the lava lake is fed by the intense heat of the magma from below and the simmering smoke ...

A circular scar on Alaska’s face speaks to an event that may have contributed to the fall of societies on the far side of the ...