The Axial Seamount—a volcano located 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and a mile underwater—is slowly showing signs of an impending eruption. Although less well-known than other volcanic giants of ...

Mount Rainier (Figure 2.1) is one of about two dozen recently active volcanoes in the Cascade Range, a volcanic arc formed by subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate beneath the North American plate.

On June 11, the 1,000-plus-foot lava blasts of Kīlauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, nearly lured one visitor to his death. A 30-year-old Boston man fell 30 feet from a steep cliff after ...

Fresh satellite images reveal volcanic heat melting snow around Russia's relentless Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.