MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. – For some, Mount Shasta’s summit is a milestone. For others, it’s the office. Mount Shasta presents a unique challenge for U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists. With a peak ...
The Axial Seamount—a volcano located 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and a mile underwater—is slowly showing signs of an impending eruption. Although less well-known than other volcanic giants of ...
A series of underwater volcanoes have been discovered near the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and some of them may even be active. The volcanoes were found during a mission to map the seafloor ...
Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the majority of their time not erupting. To accurately forecast volcanic activity ...
From Europe to Southeast Asia, the world’s volcanoes have been making themselves known this summer. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in Indonesia sent ash drifting over Flores in June, briefly grounding ...
Fresh satellite images reveal volcanic heat melting snow around Russia's relentless Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka ...