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Scientists predict an undersea volcano eruption near Oregon in 2025

Real-time data from Axial Seamount provides a good test case for eruption forecasting

#underseavolcano #eruption #Oregon

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientists-undersea-volcano-eruption

Scientists predict an undersea volcano eruption near Oregon in 2025

Real-time data from Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast is providing researchers with a good eruption forecasting test.

Science News

Yeah, I probably have to eat my words. My volcano-tracking app doesn’t include any active seamounts that aren’t on plate boundaries, so it very likely could be missing others. This very well could be an undersea volcanic eruption.

#earthquake #earthquakes #EarthquakeSwarm #PNW #geology #volcano #Cascadia #CascadiaSubductionZone #VancouverIsland #UnderseaVolcano #Seamount #Volcanoes #VolcanicEruption

Smithsonian Magazine

Science | August 9, 2023
Inside the Nerve-Racking Dive to an Active Submarine Volcano

The chief pilot of a deep-sea submersible recounts exploring Loihi, which will become Hawaii’s next island.
“Should we go see the sharks?” Terry Kerby asked, treading water beneath the Makai Research Pier. This was a rhetorical question. Of course we were going to see the sharks.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/inside-the-nerve-racking-dive-to-an-active-submarine-volcano-180982687/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb

#UnderseaVolcano #Hawaii #HydroThermalVent

Inside the Nerve-Racking Dive to an Active Submarine Volcano

The chief pilot of a deep-sea submersible recounts exploring Loihi, which will become Hawaii’s next island

Smithsonian Magazine