Waves in Earth's mantle created by the rifting of continents may peel the planet's crust from below, feeding volcanoes in the middle of the ocean.

Deep beneath the world’s oceans, a slow-moving force is silently sculpting submarine volcanoes. This geological process, ...

Deep-sea volcanoes can explode instead of just oozing, scientists now confirm. The new proof — higher-than-expected levels of carbon dioxide in the magma from a volcano off the coast of Oregon ...

Deep-sea volcanoes can explode instead of just oozing, scientists now confirm. The new proof — higher-than-expected levels of carbon dioxide in the magma from a volcano off the coast of Oregon ...

The most accurate 3D images of the interior of a volcano, Axial volcano off Oregon's coast, ever captured have implications ...

A program designed to study the mid-ocean ridge system and enhance understanding of the relationship between the geological processes that lead to planetary renewal in the deep ocean and life forms ...

Some hotspot volcanoes aren’t so hot after all. Islands such as Iceland and Hawai‘i are thought to form from plumes of superheated rock that rise from a depth of several thousand kilometres. These ...

The discovery of Tamu Massif, a gigantic volcano located about 1,000 miles east of Japan, made big news in 2013 when researchers reported it was the largest single volcano documented on earth, roughly ...

Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have identified a new type of ocean ridge that is spreading so slowly that Earth's mantle is exposed over large regions of the sea floor ...

Iceland is known as ‘the land of fire and ice’ for a reason. Iceland’s volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific’s Ring of Fire. This time, it’s shaking ...

Scientists have delayed predictions for Axial Seamount’s next eruption off Oregon’s coast, now expecting it no earlier than mid-to-late 2026.

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