A weather alert was issued by the NWS Hanford CA on Friday at 2:43 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 3:15 p.m. for Upper ...

Some volcanoes erupt with little to no warning, posing serious risks to nearby communities and air traffic. A study of Alaska ...

The Axial Seamount, the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest, has been making headlines lately with signs that it could erupt sometime this year. But experts say there’s no immediate ...

Situated along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, a chain of undersea volcanoes extending between Oregon and Alaska, Axial Seamount is a young shield volcano - a broader volcano with a low profile.

If you’ve never heard of the Axial Seamount, you’d be forgiven. But the underwater volcano has made national news recently after research suggested it is likely nearing its first eruption in ...

one of the world’s most active volcanoes, plus Mauna Loa, the world’s largest shield volcano—the opportunity to (safely) witness some eruptive activity or get up close to a lava tube are ...

Etna is a tall volcano with high slope angles. The shield volcanoes of Hawaii have far gentler slopes, making the use of explosives to drain lava channels not worth considering in many cases.

Stratovolcanoes are cone-shaped and "more likely to produce explosive eruptions" than shield volcanoes "due to gas building up in the viscous magma," according to the British Geological Survey.

After ash-rich volcanic eruptions, the team saw clear and consistent changes in the satellite data. Clouds hosted fewer but larger ice crystals, and cirrus clouds —high, wispy clouds made mostly ...

A mysterious and highly active undersea volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of this year, scientists say. Nearly a mile deep and about 700 miles northwest of San Francisco ...

An underwater volcano off the Oregon coast could erupt late this year, scientists say. The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is more than 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and 300 miles off the ...

An underwater volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of the year, according to scientists. The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is more than 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and ...