Natural disasters, from wildfires, floods and mudslides in western states to large earthquakes in Japan, have rocked, burned and flooded parts of the world in the first months of 2025. What’s next?

The Ash3d tephra model, co-developed by Larry Mastin who works at the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, uses a 3-D, ...

Volcanoes are cracks in Earth's crust that allow ... But in some places, geological processes cause parts of the crust to melt. Or the crust can crack open enough to let melted rock from the ...

burned and flooded parts of the world in the first months of 2025. What’s next? Lava is erupting from several volcanoes, including one in Hawaii. Nearly 50 volcanic eruptions have been recorded ...