The program responds to volcanic eruptions internationally, collecting data and providing assistance to affected communities.

Communities in the Pacific Northwest are no strangers to volcanoes, with many of the region’s towns and cities overshadowed by seismically active peaks. Yet while eruptions usually give locals time to ...

A new radar-based volcano monitoring system developed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey will ...

Six earthquakes were recorded at Mount Adams in September, the most since monitoring began in 1982, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory. The agency and the ...

With eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015, the volcano serves as a perfect laboratory, and experts expect an eruption by the end of 2025.

according to a team of geoscientists from Cornell University and Cascades Volcano Observatory. While visible lava at the surface is an obvious indicator of activity, the long-standing belief is that ...

Some volcanoes in the cascades can go centuries (or even ... that it became the site of the world’s first underwater volcano observatory, the New Millennium Observatory (NEMO)—though, it ...

Researchers at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say that two indicators of volcanic activity under Mount Spurr, which is west of Anchorage, may signify risk of an imminent eruption.

Ten months of unrest at Mount Spurr could be a sign of an upcoming eruption from a side vent or, less likely, from the main ...