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The volcano is thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, so it poses no danger to people. But under all that water, a ...
Learn more about the impending Axial Seamount eruption and how the organisms around the underwater volcano may benefit from ...
A researcher monitoring Axial Seamount, 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, says the eruption is expected to happen before the ...
The Axial Seamount is one of the most active but least well-known volcanoes in the Pacific and all signs point to it erupting ...
A recent study found increased seismicity and swelling at Axial Seamount, suggesting an eruption could occur sometime this ...
They tend to inflate like a balloon in between eruptions. At Axial, the sea floor is actually rising, and that’s a big signal.” ...
Axial Seamount, a mile-wide underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon, is showing signs of an imminent eruption. The volcano ...
Though perhaps not well known to the general public, Axial Seamount is considered a key window into Earth's geology. Axial is significant because it sits atop the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the region where ...
Axial Seamount sits at a geological crossroads, fueling some of the most intense undersea action in the region.
One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one day. Here’s what scientists are saying.
Volcano poses no risk to people Axial Seamount ... Bill Chadwick, a volcanologist and research professor at Oregon State University, along with colleagues from the University of Washington and ...
A massive underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, 300 miles off Oregon’s coast, may erupt soon after over 1,000 daily quakes and ...