According to NOAA’s website, the mission of the U.S. government agency is, “To understand and predict changes in climate, ...

Iceland’s national airline is set to step up a long-running rivalry with transatlantic champions such as British Airways as ...

A magnitude 7.6 quake rattled the Caribbean Sea on Saturday about 130 miles (209 kilometers) off the coast of the Cayman ...

Mexico (AP) — At the edge of this town near the Popocatepetl volcano, away from the din of traffic, there was an occasional low rumble Monday, like an idling engine. A cloud of superfine ash ...

The world’s largest atomic bomb was exploded by the Russians north of the Arctic Circle in 1961. It was equivalent to 2,500 Hiroshima A-bombs. The fireball was 5 miles in diameter and could ...

The Sakurajima volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture erupted once again on 9. Footage sped-up in post shows plumes of ash ...

ASH FALL. Ash emission from Kanlaon Volcano after a brief eruption on Thursday, February 7, 2025. Phivolcs Fernandez said they were also looking into reports that ashfall had reached the town of ...

Santorini, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Greece, could soon be swamped by volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. The island has been rattled by 6,400 minor and moderate earthquakes ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

The heat and volcanic ash from Vesuvius destroyed the town and preserved the scrolls, but in an unreadable state, turning them into charred fragile blocks that disintegrate if unrolled physically.

Sen. Martin Heinrich joined 14 colleagues in a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture saying the firefighters are critical for what's expected to be another devastating wildfire year.

While the heat and ash from the volcano was catastrophic for the town, it preserved the scrolls - though in an unreadable state. Image: An X-ray scan of part of one of the scrolls. Pic ...