it was chosen as the site for the world's first underwater volcanic observatory, the New Millennium Observatory. This observatory allows for real-time monitoring of the volcano's movements.

underwater robots with HD cameras are exploring Axial Seamount up close. They send back real-time footage of what’s happening beneath the waves, helping researchers understand the volcano’s ...

“The volcano is too deep, [about 1,500 meters underwater], and the kind of activity anticipated is too mild” to trigger a tsunami, he says. What’s more, tsunamis are typically caused by ...

Credit: @ Didier Marti/Getty Images A series of relatively young underwater volcanoes has been discovered under the waves of the Pacific Ocean, some of which may even be active. The volcanoes were ...

Kilauea is one of six active volcanoes in Hawaii, including one that is submerged underwater. The largest is Mauna Loa, which is also on the Big Island and which erupted in 2022. Click to share on ...

These newly mapped underwater volcanoes were first theorized in 2024 after researchers discovered that the rocks of one submerged volcano were only 670,000 years old.

Before then, the volcano's most recent major eruptions were in 2016, 2014, 2007 and 2003. In the past, researchers also sighted ephemeral islands up to half a mile (1 km) wide being birthed by the ...