A typically quiet volcano in southeastern Iran has risen by about 3.5 inches, and it has not settled back down. This sudden change occurred between July 2023 and May 2024 at the Taftan volcano, a ...

Far below the Pacific, a volcano long written off as geologically dead has turned out to be both active and teeming with life. When researchers sent cameras into its crater, they did not find bare ...

A volcano that lies close to the border between Iran and Pakistan may be nearing an eruption again for the first time in more than 700,000 years, a study has suggested. Scientists say that the Taftan ...

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On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents A new study published by the Geophysical Research Letters journal has found that the volcano’s summit has risen by ...