HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments of Pompeii – as gas and ash transformed locals into glass. A staggering 16,000 people were buried during one of the ...
Earth harbors hundreds of active volcanoes. When they erupt, they can change the climate of the entire planet. Indeed, they are one of Mother Nature's deadliest phenomena. Here, we've ranked the ...
See a slide show of the worst volcanic disasters in history and learn what caused the casualties. How do you measure the size of a volcanic eruption? Just as seismologists measure the size of an ...
At any given moment there are 40-60 volcanoes erupting around the world. Volcanoes host magmas with temperatures of over 700 degrees — that’s over four times hotter than any known organism can survive ...
Volcano Live's Ed Byrne listed it as his favourite ... According to the United States Geological Survey, the deadliest eruption in recent history was Krakatoa in 1883. The major cause of ...