A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping ...

Data from Axial, the most-monitored underwater volcano, are helping geophysicists hone eruption predictions. For Axial, 2026 ...

The Axial Seamount, the most active volcano in the Northeast Pacific, is showing strong signs of preparing for another eruption. Recent seismic and geophysical studies, reported in Nature ...

As part of a growing national effort -to understand seafloor hazards, scientists from the United States Geological Survey’s Volcano Science Center are working across agencies to investigate how ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Though volcanoes dot the face of the planet and can be found on every continent, researchers say most of Earth's volcanic eruptions happen in a dark and faraway place: deep underwater.

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The Axial Seamount has been dubbed the “most active submarine volcano” in the region Craig Tuttle/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off ...

The 1967-1968 eruption of Metis Shoal, Tonga, was evidentially similar to the frequent shallow submarine eruptions of the inner island arc of Tonga. The eruption began about 10 December 1967, and an ...