It is, of course, an underwater volcano – the youngest, in fact, in the Cobb–Eickelberg Seamount chain in which it resides. That position is the result of tectonic movements over what’s ...

Axial Seamount, a submarine volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, could erupt for the first time since 2015, spewing “very fluid lava” into the sea where scientists were recording more ...

A seamount nearly twice the height of the world’s tallest building has been discovered on the ocean floor near Guatemala — and serves as a biodiversity hot spot.

An underwater volcano located off the coast of Oregon could erupt before the end of the year, experts say.

Geologists from Oregon State University predicted that the volcano, called Axial Seamount (pictured), would erupt this year during a public lecture in September.