A new study has investigated the use of a new monitoring technique for early warning of a volcanic eruption. The research team compared the earthquake signals during two eruptions of Ontake Volcano in ...

A ban on summiting Mount Ontake, a volcano that straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, ends this weekend. From 10 a.m. Saturday, people will be allowed to access a ridge linking the 9 ...

Sept. 27 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1540, the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits, was chartered by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1825, in England, George Stephenson operated the first ...

Japan has been hit by what could be its first fatal volcanic eruption in 14 years, leaving 31 climbers unconscious and feared dead, while injuring 37 others. The eruption at Mount Ontake, a popular ...

Loÿc Vanderkluysen, PhD, who recently joined Drexel as an assistant professor in Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science in the College of Arts and Sciences, returned Friday from ...

Rescue workers on Sunday found 31 people unconscious and feared dead near the peak of a Japanese volcano that erupted Saturday, according to officials and local media. The Japan Times reported that ...

TOKYO (AP) — Doctors have determined that almost all of the dozens of people killed on a Japanese volcano died of injuries from being hit by rocks that flew out during its eruption, police said.

A new study, led by Professor Mike Kendall from the Department of Earth Sciences, has investigated the use of a new monitoring technique for early warning of a volcanic eruption. The research team ...