This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Indonesia has 127 active volcanoes. Only the U.S. (168) and Russia (144) have more. Essential packing list: We landed ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...

Iceland has at least 25 active volcanoes and many hot springs and geysers. There are many advantages of geothermal energy. It can be extracted without burning a fossil fuel such as coal ...

Despite being more than 600 kilometres from the nearest volcano, the river averaged 86C. According to National Geographic, that is hot enough “to cook a small animal in seconds.” What makes it ...