CANBERRA--The eruption of Papua New Guinea’s tallest volcano subsided Tuesday, but thick ash still billowed into the sky and coated roofs and palm trees nearby. One of the South Pacific nation ...

Almost all the places that come to mind when thinking of volcanoes are on the list — Iceland, Hawaii, Japan, Central America, Papua New Guinea, the Aleutians, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

In September 1994, Rabaul volcano on the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain erupted. "The death toll could have been many thousands, because about 75 percent of the houses collapsed," said Dr ...

The cutting-edge research at Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea is improving scientists’ understanding of how volcanoes contribute to the global carbon cycle, key to sustaining life on Earth. The ...