Geologists could be seen collecting data from the eruption, making a helicopter trip to the caldera floor to sample lava for chemical analysis. The eruption continued for several hours into the day.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbed the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active ...

MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Residents wore masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that blanketed roads and green rice fields in villages in south-central Indonesia as rumbling Mount ...

According to the British Geological Survey, there are around 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth. Perhaps surprisingly, 82 of those volcanoes are located in Europe, which is not necessarily the continent ...