Sakurajima volcano erupted, sending an ash cloud 1,100 meters into the sky in Japan. Officials said the explosive eruption ...

On January 26, 2025, at 07:47, the Sakurajima volcano erupted, sending a plume 1,100 meters above the crater. The eruption ...

By analyzing sulfur and volcanic ash entrained in ice cores, researchers pinpointed a caldera in the remote Kuril Islands as ...

The climate-altering eruption came from the Zavaritskii volcano on an uninhabited island in the Pacific that once hosted a ...

A climatic mystery about a year that gave summer a deadly pass may have been solved. Using new ice core techniques, ...

Japan is crisscrossed with 111 active volcanoes. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is responsible for monitoring volcanic activity and providing related disaster preparedness information.

Scientists have identified the “mystery volcano” that erupted in 1831 and cooled Earth’s climate. They have linked it to an island volcano in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation ...

The Zavaritskii volcano on Simushir Island in the Kuril Islands north of Japan was the culprit. The 1831 eruption threw huge quantities of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, lowering global ...

According to the analysis, the mystery volcano was Zavaritskii (also spelled Zavaritsky) on Simushir Island, part of the Kuril Islands archipelago, an area disputed by Russia and Japan.