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Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

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 that other volcanic ...

the Axial Seamount also attained the same level of swelling — caused when rising magma pushes the volcano’s surface upward — that it did ahead of the latter lava bomb, according to Science ...

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Scientists have been studying the Axial Seamount for three decades. Scientists are predicting that a mile-deep volcano off the U.S. West Coast will erupt this year. The Axial Seamount, an ...

Thankfully, the Axial Seamount is different from the Northwest’s other volcanoes, both in frequency and severity. According to Science Alert, the shield structure of the peak formed from thin lava, ...

The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has resumed activity, ejecting lava in its seventh recorded eruption in recent weeks. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported that the event restarted with minor ...

This has prompted scientists to predict the submerged volcano will erupt before the end of 2025. "Axial is the most active volcano in the Northeast Pacific which maybe some people don't know, because ...

One of the world’s most active volcanoes is back in action.The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent weeks.The ...

Oregon State University Research Associate Bill Chadwick reports the seafloor has begun re-inflating at an accelerated pace, reaching about 25 centimetres per year in 2024. "Axial's summit inflates ...