scientist-in-charge at the Cascades Volcano Observatory. So the alert earlier this month by the USGS that there has been a ...

Experts believe a Mount Rainier eruption would post a grave threat to millions who live in the southern and eastern sections ...

Thanks to a dense array of sensors on the volcano’s summit and flanks, scientists know that Axial Seamount has been swelling with magma and getting taller, a sign that it’s ready to go off.

What differentiates an active volcano from a dormant one?While visible lava at the surface is an obvious indicator of activity, the long-standing ...

But the trembling alone is not a sign that there’s an imminent threat it will blow, said Jon Major, scientist-in-charge at ...

a research geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory who was not involved in the research, tells the Oregonian. Still, forecasting volcanic activity is not always ...

The result was the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, or VDAP. Based at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, this crack unit is standing by at all times, ready to lend a ...

Northern California's Sáttítla Highlands are a testament to the region's volcanic past, with the landscape dramatically ...

Expansive lava flows in the Sáttítla Highlands was captured by satellites ahead of the recent designation of the area as a national monument.

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory want to ease fears by sharing the process of seismic monitoring, and by explaining how the advanced technology works. At the ...

The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent ...

“People don't notice.” Poland is with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington. He said Axial’s location, a mile underwater and 280 miles west of ...