A volcano is erupting under the ocean in the Bismarck Sea, prompting warnings of possible tsunamis from authorities as ash and smoke bellow into the sky.

Papua New Guinea authorities have warned of falling pumice, ash, unpredictable swells and turbulent currents in the area near the eruption of the provisionally-named Titan Ridge Volcano.

Satellites have captured the event unfold from space, while seafarers in the area have seen it unfold.

One fisherman, Kennedy Masis, was searching for tuna when he "saw smoke coming out of the sea", he told the ABC.

"Twelve years as a fisherman I've never seen anything like that ... it's scary.

"It sounds like thunder and the sea smells like metal burning."

He said the next day he saw plenty of dead fish near the reef which was like a "boiling spring".

Today is first day of the World Health Organization's 79th annual World Health Assembly, where delegates come together to set policies and priorities for global health.

Essentially, it's a week-long exercise in saying, as loud and long possible, "We're really important."

And thank goodness it came along when it did, because...wow.

The hantavirus outbreak is tearing through the world at the unstoppably terrifying rate of five whole deaths every two months.

That's about 30 deaths in a year or about 0.25% of the number of people who'll died from falling down stairs.

In Africa, the Ebola virus went from zero to "emergency" in no time at all, and the African CDC had no choice but to go into panic mode.

A new strain of Ebola virus has been declared an international public health emergency by the World Health Organisation.

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These twin outbreaks, combined with a "growing anti-vaccine movement", and funding cuts to research show the world is "not ready for the next pandemic", according to Al Jazeera.

And - of course - climate change might mean more hantavirus outbreaks could happen!

And "Experts" are now saying the world is becoming more vulnerable to these infectious disease outbreaks.

Be afraid - be very afraid!

This is the dramatic moment the Sakurajima volcano erupted in Japan today, sending an 11,500ft ash plume into the sky. Footage shows the volcano releasing a towering ash column over Kagoshima Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu on May 8.

Authorities confirmed the blast occurred at 4:15 pm local time from the summit crater of Minamidake. The eruption triggered a volcanic ash advisory issued by the Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC), with ash drifting towards the southeast.

Sakurajima is one of Japan's most active volcanoes, with a history of frequent eruptions. Originally an island, it became a peninsula after a significant eruption in 1914. Japan lies inside the Pacific 'Ring of Fire' where the majority of Earth's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes happen.

Three people hiking on Indonesia's Mount Dukono have died after the volcano erupted on Friday morning.

Videos and pictures of the eruption show the volcano, located on North Maluku island, spewing a column of ash stretching 10km (six miles) into the sky.

The three victims were part of a group of 20 Singaporeans and Indonesians hiking on the mountain despite restrictions. The rest of the group was eventually located by rescuers and evacuated from the mountain.

The volcano has erupted more than 200 times since last March. Officials had previously issued warnings against climbing the mountain due to safety concerns.

The latest eruption took place at 07:41 local time (22:41 GMT Thursday), when there were several people on the mountain on early morning hikes.

Mayon Volcano erupted late on Saturday afternoon, unleashing a fast-moving pyroclastic flow and thick ash plume that disrupted traffic and prompted warnings from authorities.

The event involved a pyroclastic density current, locally known as "uson," which surged down the volcano's slopes.

Camera footage shows lava flow collapse-fed pyroclastic density current at the southwestern slopes of Mayon Volcano at 5:38 pm, as captured by the The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

A group of hikers were forced to flee on April 20 from the top of Santiaguito Volcano when it erupted.

One of the world's most active volcanoes, Santiaguito, is known for its often daily explosive eruptions.

A Swiss-Italian team has discovered 6,000 km³ of magma beneath Tuscany.
How can magma buried 5, 10, or even 15 km underground be detected without any surface indicators? The answer lies in ambient noise tomography, a technique that analyses natural ground vibrations with high precision. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (CNR-IGG), and the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) has identified a vast reservoir containing approximately 6,000 km3 of magma beneath Tuscany. Beyond its scientific significance, this breakthrough paves the way for faster and more cost-effective exploration methods to locate resources such as geothermal reservoirs, lithium, and rare earth elements, whose formation is closely linked to deep magmatic systems. The study was published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.

Yellowstone National Park in the United States, Lake Toba in Indonesia, or Lake Taupo in New Zealand: these iconic volcanic sites harbor immense magma reservoirs measuring several thousand km3 beneath their surfaces. Their presence has been revealed through surface evidence such as eruptive deposits, craters, ground deformation, and gas emissions. However, in the absence of such signals, large volumes of magma can remain hidden and unsuspected deep within the Earth's crust.

These results are important both for fundamental research and for practical applications, such as locating geothermal reservoirs or deposits rich in lithium and rare earth elements.

This was precisely the case in Tuscany, where reservoirs containing approximately 6,000 km3 of volcanic fluids at depths of 8-15 km within the continental crust were discovered by a team from the UNIGE, with contributions from researchers at the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG-CNR) and the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).

Although this magma body could, in theory, contribute to the formation of a supervolcano over geological timescales, it currently poses no threat. "We knew that this region, which extends from north to south across Tuscany, is geothermally active, but we did not realize it contained such a large volume of magma, comparable to that of supervolcanic systems such as Yellowstone," explains Matteo Lupi, associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at UNIGE's Faculty of Science, who led the study.

Livestream video from Japan's Sakurajima volcano showed an impressive plume of ash rising from its crater on April 11.

The broadcaster NTV cited the Kagoshima Local Meteorological Observatory as saying the plume reached over 3,000 meters into the sky.

It was the active volcano's first eruption since December.

Kīlauea volcano erupted for the 44th time since Dec. 23, 2024, producing large lava fountains in Hawaii on Thursday.

The 44th episode began in the late morning on Thursday, with lava fountains reaching 800 feet, according to the USGS.

Video footage from the USGS shows the south Halemaʻumaʻu crater gushing large lava fountains from the ground.

As the crater continues to shoot lava, strengthening over time, the risk of tephra falling from volcanic ash clouds and Pele's Hair increases.

Tephra is a catch-all term that describes various kinds of rocks blasted into the air during eruptions.

Mount Semeru, located in Indonesia's East Java province, erupted again on Tuesday (April 7), spewing a massive hot cloud into the sky, according to the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, reported Xinhua.

The volcano remains under a Level III alert, the second-highest in the country's four-tier warning system.

The eruption at 5.30 pm local time produced an ash column reaching approximately 2,000 metres above the crater, with a thick gray plume drifting north-east and east. Seismographs recorded the event as lasting more than seven minutes.

No casualties or immediate damage were reported, but authorities warned that the accumulation of volcanic material on the slopes could trigger debris flows, or lahars, if heavy rainfall occurs.

This follows a restless Monday during which the volcano recorded several separate eruptions.

Bernama-Xinhua