volcano

  • Humanity Is ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for a Major Volcanic Eruption

    Humanity Is ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for a Major Volcanic Eruption

    When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in Tonga on January 15, the result was devastation. The eruption literally blew up an island, caused mass flooding in the surrounding areas, coated whole communities in a thick layer of ash, and took out telecommunications for weeks. Yet in that eruption, we got lucky, according to a…


  • 9 Surreal Photos of Volcanic Ash Blanketing One of the Canary Islands

    9 Surreal Photos of Volcanic Ash Blanketing One of the Canary Islands

    The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands is on its sixth straight week of eruption, seriously shaking up life on the island as it’s forced 7,000 people to evacuate, destroyed 2,500 homes, and created strange and hazardous side effects. As the volcano keeps erupting — and residents…