• Evacuations ordered near Japanese volcano Shinmoedakle

    More than 2,500 people living near a volcano that has been spewing ash in southern Japan were advised to evacuate their homes Thursday after heavy rain threatened mudslides of accumulated ash, a local official said.

    Shinmoedake began erupting in late January, in its

  • Volcano drilling team gets magma surprise at Iceland volcano

    Geologists drilling an exploratory geothermal well into a volcano in Iceland got quite a surprise when the borehole filled with molten magma forcing the researchers to halt the drilling.

    However, the sudden appearance of the molten rock wasn't all bad,