Think about a mountain that keeps getting taller but never explodes. This might sound impossible, yet it happens more often than most people realize. Volcanoes don't always follow the same playbook of ...

In February 2021, Alaska's Mount Veniaminof erupted, spewing clouds of ash and toxic gas into the atmosphere. Despite this, there were no obvious warning signs prior to the event itself, and the ...

When volcanoes are preparing to erupt, scientists rely on typical signs to warn people living nearby: deformation of the ground and earthquakes, caused by underground chambers filling up with magma ...

Three hundred miles off the Oregon coast and 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean, Axial Seamount—one of the Pacific Northwest's most active submarine volcanos—is showing signs of eruption. Last ...