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The Indonesian-made Dauphin AS365 helicopter crashed later Sunday at Butak Mountain in Candiroto subdistrict in Central Java. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Indonesia: Aid helicopter crashes after volcano erupts; 8 killed

The helicopter reportedly hit a cliff about 3 minutes from arriving at Dieng Plateau, where a volcanic erupted injuring...

3 July 2017 7:59 AM IST

A volcanic meal for the French soul

A chance talk takes the writer atop a young volcano, only to make new friends and memories.

2 July 2017 6:02 AM IST

Mount Etna, in Sicily, is a test bed for the approximately three-foot high, four-wheeled machine ahead of a future mission to the moon. (Photo: screengrab)

Lunar robots put to the test on Europe's most active volcano

A robot wheels across a rocky, windswept landscape that looks like the surface of some distant planet from a science...

5 July 2017 7:54 AM IST

The last volcanic activity on Mars ceased about 50 million years ago around the time of Earths Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.

Mars volcano died the same time as dinosaurs

Giant volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow every one to three million years.

22 March 2017 6:35 AM IST

The Barren Island volcano, located 140-km north-east of Port Blair, dormant for more than 150 years started erupting in 1991 and has since then shown intermittent activity. (Photo: Pixabay-for representational purpose only)

India's only live volcano active again after 150 years

Barren Island has started spewing ash first time after showing promise in 1991

18 Feb 2017 12:04 PM IST

Tourists gather to watch Mount Agung at Amed beach in Karangasem on Indonesias resort island of Bali last week. (Phot: AFP/ File)

Flights resume as Bali volcano dissipates into a wispy plume of steam

Indonesia's disaster agency says the volcano remains at its highest alert level but most of Bali is safe for tourists.

4 Dec 2017 4:19 PM IST

Some villagers on the Indonesian island who survived the catastrophic 1963 explosions believe a bigger eruption is coming.

Remembering 1963 eruption, Bali's elderly wary of another

More than 55,000 people are living in shelters such as sports halls, temples and tent camps.

4 Dec 2017 1:51 PM IST

Indonesian government volcanologists say Agungs crater is about one-third filled by lava and there is still a high risk of more eruptions. Photo: AP

Bali volcano emits wispy plume of steam, flights resume

Tens of thousands of tourists were stranded when ash closed Bali's international airport for nearly three days last...

4 Dec 2017 9:14 AM IST

Another image shows high levels of carbon monoxide, commonly produce by fires, in Asia, Africa and South America. (Photo: AP)

Satellite images show extent of air pollution worldwide

Nitrogen dioxide is mainly caused by vehicle emissions and in industrial processes.

2 Dec 2017 12:09 PM IST

What worries scientists the most is the devastating potential impact of an eruption at Oraefajokull. Photo: AP

Experts scramble to monitor long-dormant Iceland volcano

Adding to the danger is the lack of historical data that could help scientists predict the volcano's behavior.

8 Dec 2017 8:55 AM IST

The seismometer was installed before the underwater volcano occurred on April 24th, 2015. (Photo: Youtube/TheWashingtonPost)

Scientists record live underwater volcano

The active Axial Seamount volcano is in the Juan de Fuca Ridge

17 Dec 2016 4:31 PM IST