Volcanoes

Akrotiri, the 3,600-year-old city on the island of Santorini buried by ash from a gigantic volcanic eruption in 1650 BC, frozen in its Bronze Age glory, serves as an exquisite time capsule for contemporary archaeologists who learn more every...

A recent scientific study has revealed the detection of potentially active volcanoes on the planet Venus using data gathered by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in the early 1990s. The discovery was announced on March 15 in a paper published by researchers...

The mystery surrounding the formation of Santorini’s volcano is one that still puzzles archeologists and scientists today. Santorini is a place of great beauty visited by millions of tourists each year. It is an island well known for its beautiful hotels,...

The hiatus in Berenike, a Hellenistic city in Egypt, was a combination of volcanic eruptions and drought, scientists say

A group of scientists believe the cosmopolitan island is “at high risk for volcanically- and seismically-induced hazards.

Greece and its geology are a wonder of nature, a stunning landscape blessed with high mountains, blue seas and over six thousand islands.

The volcanic explosions of the year 536 caused researchers to state recently that that year was definitively "the worst year to be alive."

The ancient lost city of Atlantis may indeed have been located on what is now known as the Greek island of Santorini.

A man who is being hailed as a "real life Aquaman" swam for 27 hours straight after the tsunami that occurred after the Tonga volcano eruption swept him away from his village. Lisala Folau, a 57-year-old Tongan man who was...

Red hot lava from a volcano that devastated the Spanish island of La Palma reached the Atlantic Ocean late on Tuesday evening, nine days after it started to flow down the mountain, wrecking buildings and destroying crops. Big clouds of...