Oregon’s most active underwater volcano could erupt this year, according to a prediction recently shared by scientists. The ...

Axial Seamount doesn’t pose a threat to humans ... and strengthen predictions Elizabeth Gamillo Correspondent A map of bathymetry—or underwater topography—of Axial Seamount, an active ...

Unlike the Pacific Northwest’s steep-sloped Cascade volcanoes such as Mount St. Helens or Mount Hood that tend to explode ...

The mobilization was a collaborative effort among TCarta, Memorial University and The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, which aims to inspire the complete mapping of the seafloor by ...

Axial Seamount sits under the Pacific Ocean about 300 miles from the U.S. coast. Since 1997, scientists have kept a careful eye on it using instruments that measure pressure on the ocean floor. Data ...

This has likely led to more accurate prediction. Advert A 3-D bathymetric seafloor map of Axial Seamount in July 2014 shows lava flows from previous eruptions. Red indicates lava at the highest ...

An exaggerated bathymetric image of the Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast. Image: NOAA It brings the BOOM. It, of course, is the Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off Oregon which scientists ...

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Axial Seamount is a large, young volcano located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, about 480 kilometres west off the Oregon coast. Following its discovery in 1970, the volcano has become the ...

Deep below the Earth's surface, magma is churning and flowing into the Axial Seamount, an underwater shield volcano about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon. As the volcano grows and tremors ...

Axial Seamount sits less than 300 miles away from the US coast, but its eruption should cause no harm to humans. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. In the depths of the Pacific Ocean, 470 kilometers off ...