Deep in the Barents Sea off the northern coast of Norway, the Borealis Mud Volcano has been spewing methane for centuries and supporting a flourishing community of seafloor creatures. Researchers have ...

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have ...

Earth bubbles and broils beneath an underwater peak called Axial Seamount, located 480 kilometers (300 miles) off Oregon's coast, causing it to swell in changing patterns that hint at impending strife ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...

The colossal Axial Seamount, one of the most active and best-monitored underwater volcanoes in the world, could erupt in a similar fashion to Hawaii's Mauna Loa ...

It's not an explosive eruption, but calm effusions of lava flowing out of the caldera and across the seafloor.' After closely monitoring the volcano's activity, Oregon State University Research ...

Reports indicate that the volcano’s surface has been swelling, a clear indication of magma accumulating beneath the seafloor. Despite these signs of heightened volcanic activity, William ...

It was chosen as the site of the world's first underwater volcano observatory. Now a constant stream of real time data is provided from the seafloor thanks to advanced equipment. Sensors show the ...

The underwater volcano Borealis Mud Volcano is located ... Protecting large areas of the deep-sea floor along the Norwegian margin may result in seep refugia acting as source populations for ...

By analyzing those videos and samples, the researchers have now confirmed that the seafloor within the mud volcano has extensive carbonate deposits. This, the researchers say, indicates that ...

A study from 2024 documented the volcano’s plumbing. The researchers noted multiple reservoirs of magma sitting asymmetrically beneath the Earth’s crust. They also traced the molten rock’s passage ...