eruption

About 7,300 years ago, it produced the largest known volcanic eruption of the Holocene, the current geological epoch, which began roughly 11,700 years ago.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

The actor leads a captivating series on National Geographic about the ancient city and its inhabitants, reconstructing the lives of those who might have escaped the lethal effects of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Human remains inside of boat sheds, where people took shelter from the eruption of Mt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

So far, the eruption has been considerably less explosive than recent submarine eruptions such as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in 2022 and Fukutoku-Okanobain 2021.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Roger del Moral, another ecologist, remembered a hike he took only four months after the eruption: “… far from any visible vegetation, I discovered an isolated, yet active ant nest.”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

A vast reservoir of magma beneath Japan's Kikai caldera appears to be filling again, offering scientists a rare glimpse into how some of Earth's largest volcanoes recover after catastrophic eruptions.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

It may also help scientists identify the underground changes that occur before future giant eruptions.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Also called a cumulonimbus flammagenitus, they can occur during volcanic eruptions or, as in this case, when a wildfire roasts the air near the ground, causing it to rise quickly.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Long-simmering frustration over the state's lack of accountability created the conditions for this "implosion", he told the BBC, adding that the architecture of social media makes such eruptions likely to recur.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

One of Crandell’s colleagues had studied the area; the only signs of eruptions over the past thousand years at Coldwater II were marks of hot ash.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone