Nearly a mile deep and about 700 miles northwest of San Francisco, the volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only discovered its existence in the 1980s.

Related: The Pacific Northwest’s most active (undersea) volcano is getting a little frisky Unlike the explosive eruptions often associated with volcanoes, Axial is a shield volcano similar to ...

Aerial view of Ontake Volcano, Honshū Island, Japan. Credit: Dr. Koshun Yamaoka Oxford researchers found that changes in shear-wave splitting can predict volcanic eruptions and their severity. The ...

Situated along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, a chain of undersea volcanoes extending between Oregon and Alaska, Axial Seamount is a young shield volcano - a broader volcano with a low profile.

The method was applied to samples from three Hawaiian volcanoes representing different evolutionary stages: Kilauea, an active "shield" volcano, showed magma storage at shallow depths of 1–2 ...

Using advanced technology that analyzes tiny gas bubbles trapped in crystal, a team of scientists has precisely mapped how magma storage evolves as Hawaiian volcanoes age. Using advanced ...

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