For much of 2025, an underwater volcano off the Oregon coast was treated as a geological ticking clock, with forecasts suggesting it could erupt at almost any moment. Instead, the year is ending quietly, the seafloor intact, and the lava still bottled up beneath the crust. The story of why that expected blast did not […]

Scientists are predicting that a mile-long volcano off the U.S. West Coast will erupt this year. The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, is displaying behavior that indicates an eruption is imminent in ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage in Tonga caused by Saturday's huge undersea volcanic eruption. Communications with the Pacific island nation have remained limited since the ...

Scientists are closely monitoring Axial Seamount, a submarine volcano located about 300 miles west of Oregon in the Pacific Ocean. Recent data show that this volcano is inflating, or “ballooning,” due to magma accumulation deep beneath the seafloor, a ...

A new study shows eruptions and wildfires altered the upper atmosphere, yet recent surface warming points elsewhere.

SAN FRANCISCO — Though volcanoes dot the face of the planet and can be found on every continent, researchers say most of Earth's volcanic eruptions happen in a dark and faraway place: deep underwater. And now, last year's eruption of one of the most ...

With monstrous plumes bursting from the water and shimmery streaks of electric light, Devon Massyn said it was one of the craziest things he has ever experienced.