Located near the equator in central Africa, the Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo volcanoes are often obscured from satellite view by clouds. But on February 9, 2015, clear skies afforded an unobstructed ...

Active volcanoes prompted ash warnings and set nerves on edge in Italy, Mexico and the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend. Mount Etna showered ash over Catania in eastern Sicily Sunday and ...

Africa is home to several active volcanoes, particularly in the East African Rift region. One of the most active volcanoes in this continent is Mount Nyiragongo located in the Democratic Republic of ...

A satellite image has captured the simultaneous eruptions of Africa’s most active volcanoes, Mount Nyamuragira and Mount Nyiragongo, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Taken in 2014 by ...

The modern geography of Earth is created by the plate tectonic engine that runs in our planet. What we see as familiar maps today would have looked very different 50 million, 500 million, 3 billion ...

Volcanic eruptions frequently interfere with human affairs; impacts range from minor nuisances to major disasters. Some 50 to 65 different volcanoes typically are active in any given year, and among ...