NAHA--Massive amounts of floating pumice stones spewed by an underwater volcano have littered coastlines in Okinawa Prefecture, forcing about 25 percent of fishing boats in the prefecture to remain ...

No such thing, a rational prediction about something not completely understood was wrong, nothing hyperbolized or overblown about it, it is simply that not enough variables have been identified to ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption has begun to recede, while the extent of damage to Tonga remains unclear. The eruption on ...

A topographical map of the sea floor made from surveys by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology research vessel Kaimei. The dotted line indicates the ring of a caldera, and the ...

There is no reason for this to have been caused by climate change. It would be interesting to know of previous recorded incidents and how they played out, particularly the impact upon the ocean ...

Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s underwater; and secondly, it’s extremely active. Kavachi, it’s called. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s ...

A volcano is likely erupting deep beneath the Pacific Ocean in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, though scientists are unable to confirm it due to the location’s inaccessibility.