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

Experts are facing the wrath of the unpredictability of volcanic eruptions in an active site showcasing developments for years.

The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, it poses no danger to people.

“The eruptions are pretty big,” Bill Chadwick, a volcanologist at Oregon State University who studies the fire-spouting formation, told KOIN. Located 300 miles off Oregon’s Coast, the Axial ...

Oregon State University Research Associate Bill Chadwick reports the seafloor has begun re-inflating at an accelerated pace, reaching about 25 centimetres per year in 2024. "Axial's summit ...

“If you were in a boat right over the seamount you probably would never know it’s erupting, as there’s no effect on the ocean surface,” said Bill Chadwick, a volcanologist with Oregon ...