Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass.

Volcanoes like Mount St. Helens also often release pyroclastic flows, which are avalanches of hot rock, gas and ash that spill down the slopes at more than 200 mph (320 km/h). Pyroclastic flows ...

The researchers noted in the paper that temperatures of the pyroclastic flows that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum were several hundred degrees—heat that would typically destroy soft tissue.

Researchers believe the brain was exposed to a cloud of superheated ash, reaching extreme temperatures in moments. This phenomenon, distinct from slower pyroclastic flows, explains the rapid ...

The famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum created a super-heated ash cloud that turned one ...

"But during the night, the first pyroclastic flow was ejected from the ... It was similar to the ash cloud from the 2018 eruption of Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala, which killed at least hundreds ...

Death is regarded as the ultimate truth of life, with science identifying being buried alive, radiation sickness, and pyroclastic flow as some of the worst ways to die. These methods involve ...

Attendees offered a prayer to 43 victims who died in 1991, and to another person who died in the pyroclastic flows that occurred on June 23, 1993. A pyroclastic flow is a deadly, fast-moving mix ...

It produced a 'violent' ejection of pumice (a porous rock formed when a gas-rich froth of glassy lava solidifies rapidly) and a pyroclastic surge (a dense collection of hot gas and volcanic ...

A joint effort started in 1986 by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Volcano ...