Volcano

In 2022, Greek geologists Dimitris Kostopoulos and Panagiotis Pomonis initiated groundbreaking research to refine how volcanic explosivity is assessed.

In the western province of Manisa's Kula-Salihli Global Geopark, where the country's youngest volcanoes are located, scientists found eight magma chambers at varying depths in the earth's crust, warning of the largest one near the surface has potential of eruption due to factors such as earthquakes.

Hundreds of basalt columns, estimated to be some 2 to 5 million years old, have been discovered during road construction in the southern province of Şanlıurfa's Siverek district and placed under protection.

This handout photograph released by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation on April 17, 2024, shows Mount Ruang spewing hot lava as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi

Indonesia is grappling with a mounting crisis as rescue teams mobilize to evacuate thousands of people following a series of volcanic eruptions that have rattled the region. The eruption of the Ruang volcano, located on a small island in North Sulawesi province, has prompted authorities to take swift action amid fears of escalating danger.

An international team of scientists has discovered that a 726 AD eruption of the Santorini volcano was a lot bigger than initially estimated, pointing to an "elevated hazard potential."

Evidence of a previously unknown underwater eruption, one of the largest in the southern Aegean volcanic arc and older than the one that wiped out the Minoan civilization, has been discovered by a multinational team of scientists on the island of Santorini.

A volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula erupted in the early hours of Sunday, spewing semi-molten rock towards the settlement in south-western Iceland for the second time in less than a month

The eruption was also recorded from a satellite, Maxar announced.
The intensity of the eruption has decreased since the dramatic scenes seen on Tuesday morning, although magma continues to seep from the volcano.
Iceland's Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said experts warned the eruption could last for months.

Eleven climbers have been found dead after Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupted, an official said, quoted by Reuters.