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In a recent “Volcano Watch” article, we learned about a remote sensing technique known as InSAR. This method of using satellite radar signals to...

The U.S. Geological Survey recently released a new Volcano Hazards Program Strategic Science Plan for 2022-2026.

On April 22, 2022, the Alaska Volcano Observatory issued an Information Statement about increased earthquake and deformation at Mount Edgecumbe, a...

Volcanoes are an incredible feature of Earth’s geologic environment – at once awe-inspiring and terrifying. They remind us that the planet we call...

Volcanoes commonly give us clues that they are going to erupt. Before an eruption, gas, magma, and other fluids move below the surface of a volcano...

In September 2004, USGS scientists detected sudden, but unmistakable, signs that Mount St. Helens was waking up. Volcano monitors had picked up the...

Hawai‘i is not the only island in the United States with an ongoing eruption involving hot lava and cold water.

Bogoslof volcano, located in the Aleutian Islands about 98 km (61 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, is in an active eruption sequence that began...

Five volcanoes erupting in the United States within the past two months - Kīlauea, Mount St. Helens, and Augustine, Mt. Cleveland, and possibly...

A significant volcanic eruption is in progress right now in Alaska, though it hasn't received much media attention. Augustine Volcano, named by...