Subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate creating the Aleutian trench and volcanic island arc (Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory). Click image for a larger view.

Kerry Murray for The New York Times On São Miguel, restaurants bury cauldrons of the meat-and-vegetable stew known as cozido in deep holes in designated areas of the island’s steaming volcanic ...

The volcanic island formerly known as Iwojima that was the site of one of the most famous battles of the Pacific War is making history again, but in strictly geological terms. Its land surface ...

Santorini lies along the Hellenic Volcanic Arc, which stretches from the Peloponnese ... houses and sunset viewpoints that make the island so popular, but also raising concerns in the event ...

I tweak Tamon’s suggested itinerary and opt to explore the Leeward coast on the island’s west side. With local expert Quency Lewis at the wheel, we wind through verdant hills and coastal valleys ...

More than 500 years ago, in AD 1452, the island of Kuwae experienced a massive catastrophe known as the Tombuk eruption. The eruption created a massive caldera (a depression formed by a volcanic ...