The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than from the likes of famous volcanoes such as Etna in Sicily or Yellowstone in ...

Volcanoes are some of the most powerful natural forces on Earth, capable of reshaping entire regions in a matter of hours.Their true impact is typically measured by the communities they effect.

Introduction -- Global distribution of active volcanoes / Elizabeth Cottrell -- Basaltic lava flow hazard / Andrew J. L. Harris -- Impacts from volanic ash fall / Thomas M. Wilson, Susanna Jenkins, ...

The November 1985 eruption of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano and the resulting Armero disaster marked a turning point in natural hazard and risk research, assessment and mitigation. Here, we ...

Imagine Mother Nature writing her own disaster movie. Indonesia’s recent volcanic eruption was like that, with signs everyone missed. It was like a Shakespearean tragedy, with the earth as the main ...