Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling the border of North Korea and China, is the highest peak on the Korean peninsula and lies at the heart of North Korea’s foundation myth.

In one of the most bizarre battles of World War II, U.S. soldiers, Wehrmacht troops, and an unlikely group of French VIP ...

Martian dust might look harmless from millions of miles away, but up close, it could pose a serious threat to your health. As ...

LUCENA CITY — Taal Volcano in Batangas province has shown an increase in sulfur dioxide emission, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Tuesday ...

Tourists and residents in Iceland evacuated Tuesday as a volcano eruption impacted the Reykjanes Peninsula for the 11th time since 2021 after lying dormant for 800 years. The eruption, which began ...

We’re citizens in the kingdom of the well, and in the kingdom of the sick. “Night Side Songs” — named for Sontag’s pronouncement that illness is the “night-side” of life — is the ...

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She eagerly proceeded to provide an overview of Jewish life on Oahu – the island which is home to the state capital of Honolulu, as well as to its Jewish governor, Josh Green, and its longtime Jewish ...

You can get in touch with Joe by emailing [email protected] Alaska's Mount Spurr is showing signs of renewed activity and scientists have warned that the volcano could soon erupt for the ...

Scientists monitoring Alaska’s Mount Spurr said seismic activity continues to rise, indicating that the volcano is moving toward an eruption. The major risk of a Mount Spurr eruption is ashfall ...

"I'm seeing here a volcano of grace erupting … I can't believe my eyes," said Bishop Domenico Sorrentino. When he became bishop two decades ago, the church next to his residence just off the ...

An explosive eruption rocked Sakurajima Volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on March 25. The eruption sent a massive ash plume 8,200 feet above the crater. This was the volcano's 44th explosive ...