Tucked away in the Grobogan region of Central Java, Indonesia, there is a geological oddity that has been quietly bubbling away for centuries and is now suddenly grabbing the world’s attention.

For 3 months a sea of hot mud has been gushing from the ground in Sidoarjo, East Java, 35 kilometres south of Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya. The steaming mud pool is growing at an ...

The first scientific report into the causes and impact of Lusi, the Indonesian mud volcano, reveals that the 2006 eruption will continue to erupt and spew out between 7,000 and 150,000 cubic metres of ...

Indonesian engineers have started inserting 2,000 chained-together concrete balls into a mud volcano in East Java that has discharged hot, toxic sludge almost without letup since May in hopes of ...

PORONG, Indonesia — Factories that once produced watches and shoes now lie under a sea of thick, stinking mud. Villagers stand on hastily constructed dams and gaze at the thousands of homes swallowed ...

It was midnight when the earth exploded in Sidoardjo in East Java, Indonesia, sending a torrent of burning hot mud pouring from the earth's inner depths. Fadjariawan and Ibu Aisyah Sukantowere were in ...

Mud is still leaking from the Banjar Panji-1 drilling site in Sidoarjo regency in East Java, more than a month after a suspected gas blowout occurred at the wildcat. Thousands of people remain in ...

Indonesian rescuers struggled Sunday with mounds of mud, debris and water‑soaked ground, searching for dozens still missing after a landslide triggered by torrential rains the day before on the ...

Mud is still spewing from the ground in East Java, Indonesia, four years after a blowout on Lapindo Brantas’ nearby Banjar Panji-1 gas exploration well, writes Amanda Battersby. The mud has engulfed ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 19-- Santos Ltd. reported that Boots & Coots International Well Control Inc. has started drilling a relief well near the Banja-Panji-1 gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java. Mud began flowing ...

For 3 months a sea of hot mud has been gushing from the ground in Sidoarjo, East Java, 35 kilometres south of Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya. The steaming mud pool is growing at an ...

The first scientific report into the causes and impact of Lusi, the Indonesian mud volcano, reveals that the 2006 eruption will continue to erupt and spew out between 7,000 and 150,000 cubic metres of ...