But few places are as intriguing as the world’s second largest continent’s highest mountain, which is a snow-capped volcano that rises 5,895 metres (19,341 feet) above sea level and has five ...

The mountain's personhood means it will now be co-managed by Maori people and the government. But it has its own rights.

Italy ’s Etna volcano was seen erupting from its snowcapped south-eastern crater on Friday morning (1 December), sending spouts of lava high into the air. According to the local Institute of ...

At 3,330 metres Etna is Europe's highest volcano, towering above the Sicilian town of Catania. The volcanic soils produced by its frequent eruptions allows for extensive farming.

In 2018, the eruption of Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano caused a tsunami along the coasts of Sumatra and Java after parts of the mountain fell into the ocean, killing 430 people.

Mr. Magnason is an Icelandic writer and filmmaker; he wrote from Reykjavik. Ms. Hallgrímsdóttir is an Icelandic photographer.

The Tahltan Nation has renamed a 3,500-hectare slice of protected land adjacent to one of Canada’s tallest volcanoes “Ice Mountain” in a nod to the glaciers that cover its slopes. Established in March ...

The snow-covered Popocatepetl volcano spews a cloud of steam into the air in Puebla in this July 9, 2013 photo. REUTERS ...

It is the world's tallest mountain when measured base to peak, as its base extends nearly 20,000 feet below sea level. The volcano already received 6 inches of snow in late November.

"Volcano: Birth of a Mountain" chronicles the eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, beginning on May 24, 1969. The film details the scientific observations made during the eruption, which ...