Morning Overview on MSN

Scientists expect an underwater volcano off Oregon to erupt before the year is out

Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano sitting roughly 300 miles off the Oregon coast, is inflating toward the same ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Great Sitkin volcano in Alaska is still erupting, oozing lava month after month

Great Sitkin volcano, sitting in Alaska’s central Aleutian Islands, has been slowly pushing lava out of its summit crater since July 2021. Five years into this eruption, the volcano shows no signs of ...
Phys.org

Ever-restless Mount Dukono erupts

The volcano on Indonesia's Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs. In May 2026, the Global Volcanism Program reported nine actively erupting volcanoes in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

For 25 Years, the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program Has Kept Weekly Tabs on Volcanic Eruptions Around the World. Here’s How They Do It

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...
Outside

Hawaii’s Famous Volcano Is Erupting. You Can Watch It from Your Couch.

Kilauea, one of Hawaii’s most active volcanoes, just erupted, sending lava over 1,000 feet into the air and visitors to the state’s most famous national park scrambling for cover. The 4,000-foot ...
Phys.org

Antarctic ice reveals two volcanoes erupting simultaneously may have caused 15th-century cooling

Nearly 600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption sent clouds of sulfurous gas and ash high into the atmosphere. The blast known as the 1458/59 CE event was so huge that it triggered decades of ...