This recent progress enabled the discovery of four so-called seamounts off the coast of ... rises an impressive 2,681 meters ...

Axial Seamount is a young, 30 million-year-old undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean off the U.S. coast, and it’s expected to ...

Advances in technology are helping explorers fulfill their purpose: Mapping the ocean floor in tiny detail for the first time.

The Axial Seamount is predicted to erupt in 2025, presenting a rare opportunity for scientists to test their models—tools that hold the potential to save lives.

“The seamounts of the Southeastern Pacific host ... This was the institute’s third expedition of the year to that region of ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds ... abyssal hills, small seamounts and continental margins. Abyssal hills — parallel ridges ...

A team of ocean explorers spotted what looked like a “‘yellow brick road’ to the mythical city of Atlantis” while exploring the ocean floor in ... Ridge seamounts in the national monument.

After the 2015 eruption, Axial’s sea floor ... into the ocean and captures images and lava flow samples for the team back on ...

The Axial Seamount is not expected to threaten human population centres but it could help scientists forecast the eruption of ...

Axial Seamount is a large, young volcano located at the bottom ... causing thousands of underwater earthquakes to be detected and for the surrounding ocean floor to sink about 2 metres. SEE ALSO: Rare ...

Advertising The team uses precise pressure sensors to detect whether the sea floor is moving ... cable that runs in the ocean from Pacific City, Oregon, to Axial Seamount. The cable — part ...

Axial Seamount last erupted in 2015 ... As the tectonic plates spread, they allow molten rock to bubble to the ocean floor, adding to the underwater ridge. Bill Chadwick observes a images from ...