Read about the volcano that some believe almost ... the entire island of Sumatra for a year before Mount Toba started to blast out a few small eruptions of steam and ash that blanketed the ...

A "unique" and mysterious collection of engraved stone plaques were seemingly sacrificed by prehistoric people in Scandinavia following a devastating volcanic eruption around 4,900 years ago ...

Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

Five thousand years ago, a massive volcanic eruption dimmed the sun over northern ... the migration of steppe herders into Europe during the early third millennium BC? If it impacted the life ...

The magma system beneath volcanoes may persist even after recent eruptions, a new study finds.

Throughout history, volcanic ... before and after 2,900 BC. And ice cores from the Greenland ice cap and the Antarctica contain sulphur, which is a sign of the occurrence of a strong volcanic ...

In September 2021, after lying dormant for ... with geophysical data to improve eruption forecasting, hazard assessment, and decision-making during volcanic crises. "A big challenge for ...

“The stone plaques engraved with sun and plant motifs were produced and deposited at Vasagård during ... a volcano erupted to see if the stones were sacrificed before or after the eruption ...

The series of seismic events lasted for about three hours before subsiding ... was conducted during the 2014–2015 eruption, which will prove valuable should further volcanic activity occur." ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Scientists in Iceland say there is an increasing likelihood that a volcano ... is approaching levels observed during previous eruptions, and the likelihood of a new magma ...

Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ritual sacrifices coincided with a large volcanic eruption that ... and summer months both before and after 2,900 BC.