Consider a can of soda. When the can is closed (pressurized), the soda contains dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). When you open ...

Mount Spurr near Anchorage has been showing signs of unrest for a year. Now scientists think it's creeping closer to an ...

By the end of the day, about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, data from 16 crystals was collected and analyzed. The data, which ...

Scientists warn that the Alaska volcano Mount Spurr is likely to erupt soon, showering ash on Anchorage and potentially ...

Magnitude-3.4 at 12:46 a.m. March 11 at 10 miles southeast of Pāhala and depth of 20 miles. Magnitude-3.4 at 4:08 p.m. March ...

Volcanologists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory have been monitoring volcanic unrest since April of last year.

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...

To time how fast a sprinter runs, you just need a stopwatch. To time how fast magma moves, you need to know a little bit ...

Today, Yellowstone remains a place of low volcanic risk. Sure, there are sometimes small explosions stoked by hot water and steam. But it's mostly thermal pools and awesome geysers, reminding us of ...

Evidence of elevated volcanic activity indicate eruption of Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano could happen within weeks or months, ...

As magma rises from 100 km (67 miles ... teamed up with scientists from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) to carry out a rapid response exercise. They wanted to determine whether ...

In the shadow of Alaska's bustling city, Mount Spurr whispers of its ancient power. Elevated gas emissions suggest a restless ...