Mount Spurr was releasing elevated levels of gas from its summit crater and a side vent last month, which is an indicator of changes within the volcano, such as water being heated by magma deep ...

Residents in Alaska's largest city are bracing for a looming volcano eruption that scientists have warned could happen in a few weeks. Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall volcano, sits just 81 ...

Alaska residents are again being urged to brace themselves for a possible eruption of Mount Spurr. Following up on last week's warning, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reiterated in a series of ...

Scientists now say it's likely that the closest active volcano to Anchorage will erupt soon. They announced in mid-March that the chances had gone up for Mount Spurr to blow "within the next few ...

Mauna Loa in Hawaii is an example of a shield volcano. I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma ...

I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius ... Some volcanoes, like Mauna Loa in Hawaii are caused by hot spots in the Earth’s crust. These do not erupt violently ...

Gas emissions, earthquakes, and ground deformations. These are all signs that a volcano is about to erupt, and they are also all signs that have appeared at Mount Spurr, an active volcano in ...

The unrest at Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot volcano just 80 miles west of Anchorage, suggests an eruption is likely to occur in the next few weeks or months, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said in a ...