Over 99.99 per cent of the Earth’s deposits of gold and precious metals like Ruthenium lie locked away in its metallic core beneath 3,000km of solid rock and far beyond the reach of humankind.

The Sakurajima volcano erupted in Japan, sending ash soaring up to 2,000 metres above the crater. Authorities confirmed that the volcanic activity occurred on Thursday, May 22, at around 8:54 am. This ...

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only ...

Over the past half century, Japan has been hit by many volcanic eruptions, but scientifically those were only considered to ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency plans to issue ashfall warnings and advisories in the event of an eruption on any of the ...

Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupted and sent a massive ash plume which soared 3,000 metres above the crater. This information ...

Most Likely to Erupt: Aira Caldera (due to Sakurajima’s activity) and Taupō Volcanic Zone. Most Hazardous to Populations: Campi Flegrei, given its proximity to densely populated Naples ...

Tokyo: A volcano on Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, erupted Monday, with plumes rising to 3400 metres above the summit crater, the country's weather agency said. According to ...

The Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupted today (Dec. 9) at 3:03 p.m. local time, spouting an eruption column of up to 1.86 miles (3 kilometers) into the sky and triggering the evacuation of ...

Japan is also located on the Pacific Ring of Fire and has many active volcanoes, including Mount Fuji, Mount Sakurajima, and Mount Aso. Volcanic activity in Japan is often associated with earthquakes.

Sakurajima is the most active volcano in Japan and there are frequent minor eruptions from its three peaks. Until 1914, it was an island in the mouth of Kagoshima Bay, but eruptions that began on ...

Always knew it floats and brought a few chunks home from Sakurajima, several years ago ... only to reappear during the next series of volcanic eruptions. Surtsy began as an underwater volcano south of ...