Mount Pinatubo erupted over the course of three days, culminating in a cataclysmic blast on June 15—the very same day Typhoon Yunya swept across the region. Heavy rains and gusty winds made the ...

Not all volcanoes look like towering peaks—they can also appear as cracks in the ground or flat, wide lava plains.

In 1991, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo was thought to have dropped global temperatures by more than half a degree. Even Hollywood has entertained the role a super volcano could play in the end of ...

In the short term, eruptions release aerosol that can temporarily cool the planet, as seen after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, which reduced global temperatures by around ...