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The Mount Veniaminof study may help prepare for eruptions for other volcanoes near major population centers around the world.
Residents of Southcentral Alaska have been preparing for the possible eruption of Mt. Spurr over the last few months, with ...
An explosion on Mount Spurr could generate massive cloud of ash, which could mess with airplanes and cause issues for humans. For the last year, Alaska's Mount Spurr has been showing signs of a ...
Conservative energy leaders are celebrating President Donald Trump's latest effort to unleash American drilling. The Department of the Interior announced a proposal Monday to rescind President Joe ...
The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is an ecologically sensitive expanse of land about 600 miles north of Anchorage, bounded by the Chukchi Sea to the west and the Beaufort Sea to the north.
Italy's Mount Etna has erupted in spectacular fashion, sending ash, gas, and other volcanic material high into the sky above Sicily. Watch footage of the eruption.
Top Trump officials visit prolific Alaska oil field amid push to expand drilling The head of the U.S. Energy Department says President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing ...
MILAN -- Sicily's Mount Etna put on a fiery show Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers (miles) into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.
Is it going to blow — or blow over? Seismic activity levels on Alaska’s Mount Spurr soared earlier this week, sparking fear that an eruption could be on the horizon. “Earthquake activity ...
Officials have detected a surge in earthquake activity at a massive US volcano, sparking fears of an imminent eruption.
Alaska volcano researchers say seismic activity around Mount Spurr has continued to decline over the last month, but the closest active volcano to the state’s population centers could still erupt.
The rise of magma beneath Mount Spurr has stalled, a Wednesday statement from the Alaska Volcano Observatory says, “and the likelihood of an eruption continues to gradually decline.” Spurr, one of ...