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![A view of the island of Ischia and the Bay of Naples after a thunderstorm.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9iYPGHZfjCu4pPNvuVETjQ-320-80.jpg)
Ground beneath Italy’s awakening 'supervolcano' rose 66 feet before its last eruption
By Ben Turner published
In 1538, the ground beneath the Campi Flegrei supervolcano rose by six stories. Then it burst.
![A picture of Midway Geiser in Yellowstone National Park shows streams of red liquid flowing away from its center.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X2Scy8mRgd4qU8kXEPvJgf-320-80.jpg)
Yellowstone supervolcano magma chamber has far more melted rock than thought
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists have worked out the consistency of the magma under the Yellowstone caldera using seismic waves — and the reservoir is filled with "mush" that doesn't pose an imminent eruption threat.
![Lava and smoke coming out of a volcano](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U36uvozU5MReGJVrxR7hvY-320-80.jpg)
Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is spewing 'vog' and may launch dangerous glass shards
By Kiley Price published
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano started erupting last week. Wind around the eruption site could carry volcanic smog and thin glass shards across the Big Island.
![the tonga eruption, with a mushroom formation, seen from space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gTXHzxts4X82bmRTeZhuyU-320-80.jpg)
The 12 biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history
By Tia Ghose published
From Krakatoa to the Tonga blast, here are some of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history.
![Gray, sulfurous fumes rise from the rocky verge of Solfatara di Pozzuoli, one of Campi Flegrei's 24 craters](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BTyyJa6nqN25TCVBitz3QJ-320-80.jpg)
Europe's most dangerous 'supervolcano' could be creeping toward eruption, scientists warn
By Ben Turner published
Italy's Campi Flegrei is showing some troubling early warning signs, but scientists caution that its eruption is far from certain.
![Aerial view of the Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park, with blue center and orange and yellow at the edges](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rN7WQ959ZMY7LLUb8xdBtN-320-80.jpg)
Yellowstone volcano super-eruptions appear to involve multiple explosive events
By Hannah Osborne published
The last caldera-forming eruption at Yellowstone "was much more complex than previously thought," according to the annual report about activity at the supervolcano.
![A picture of the small mud volcano spewing a muddy liquid.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/98mSfkoZro6aqVXfmstWRe-320-80.jpg)
Scientists discover giant crater from ice age explosion that has methane-spewing mud volcano inside it
By Sascha Pare published
The Borealis Mud Volcano is only the second found in Norwegian waters and releases a continuous stream of methane-rich, muddy liquid from deep below Earth's crust.
![A powerful eruption from a magnetar — a supermagnetized version of a stellar remnant known as a neutron star — in this illustration.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YjxJn4TaiLafxq83TS8cfh-320-80.jpg)
Massive, volcano-like eruption may explain dead star's mysterious slowdown
By Ben Turner published
A volcano-like eruption on the surface of a dead neutron star could explain its sudden slowdown and the slew of fast radio bursts that followed
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