A cloud of volcanic ash spewing from Europe's most active volcano has prompted the closure of one of Sicily's largest airports, leading to flights being delayed, cancelled and diverted.
Authorities in Iceland have warned tourists and other spectators to stay away from a newly erupting volcano that is spewing lava and noxious gases in the country's southwest.
Towering a few hours from one of the world's largest cities, the Popocatepetl volcano has been coating nearby towns with ash and disrupting flights at Mexico City's airport, the busiest in Latin America.
Millions of people in Mexico have been warned to prepare for a possible evacuation after increased activity from the country's most dangerous active volcano, which has been spewing ash into several nearby towns since last week, according to authorities.
In the hunt to understand the "little ice age" that once cooled the Earth, scientists have turned to an unlike source for clues: medieval latin manuscripts.
Volcanologists say a giant eruption wiped out all life 3300 years ago, and if it were to happen again, it would see the end of the Taranaki region in New Zealand.
The world's largest active volcano spewed some ash and lava Monday and officials warned residents of Hawaii's Big Island to prepare for the possibility of a larger eruption.
The Most Wuthering Heights Day is when people all around the world come together to recreate Kate Bush's 1978 Wuthering Heights music video, inspired by Emily Bronte's 1847 novel.
Fire of Love, Sara Dosa's moving documentary about husband-and-wife volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft, begins on June 2, 1991, at Mount Unzen in Japan.
Navy ships have dropped key supplies and tens of thousands of litres of bottled water have arrived in Tonga, as the Pacific nation recovers from a devastating tsunami caused by an undersea volcano.