August 27 has witnessed some truly remarkable moments throughout history.First and foremost, the eruption of Krakatoa in ...

There are 126 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of ...

If the name Krakatoa seems familiar, it's because the 1883 eruption of the Indonesian volcano (also known as Krakatau) was one of the first major catastrophes in a world newly connected by a ...

In August 1883, the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia triggered a series of atmospheric phenomena so dramatic ...

When most people think of volcanoes, they tend to think of giant clouds of ash and fire, but it turns out that most volcanoes ...

“SIXTEEN volcanoes now working between the spot where Krakatoa was before and Sebesie.” Such was one of the first reports which was sent by cable to Singapore, and which we heard at Pontianak ...

European Space Agency released stunning images of volcanoes taken from space. These images include Mount Vesuvius in Italy ...

The volcanic eruption on an island near Tonga in January was as powerful as the 1883 Krakatoa eruption in Indonesia, one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events on record. Scientists ...

THE Council of the Royal Society has appointed a Committee for the purpose of collecting the various accounts of the volcanic eruption at Krakatoa, and attendant phenomena in such form, as shall ...

In the latest natural disaster to strike Indonesia this year, at least 429 people have died after an eruption at one of the archipelago’s volcanoes is thought to have triggered a tsunami. At ...

Less than two years after an eruption that triggered a deadly tsunami, Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano is putting on a display once again.