On May 2, 2008, the Chaitén volcano in Chile awoke with unexpected fury after more than 9,000 years of dormancy. The eruption blasted rocks and ash a dozen miles into the air, and then heavy rainfall ...

SAN FRANCISCO-Axial Seamount, a large underwater volcano about 470 kilometers (290 miles) offshore of the Oregon coast, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world-and one of the most intensively ...

Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea volcano actively erupting molten lava on the seafloor. Jason, ...

Michael Cheadle, a UW associate professor of geology and geophysics, examines a rock sample recovered by a ROV submarine. Cheadle served as a geologist on the German research vessel R/V Sonne during ...

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A special meeting was held by the Salem City Council on Wednesday following growing calls for a convicted murderer to be removed from two public safety boards. Protests are happening across the nation ...