Samples of extremely small crystal clots, each polished to the thickness of a human hair or thinner, have revealed information about the process triggering the major 2006 eruption of Alaska's ...

As Alaska's Augustine Volcano erupts and sends a plume of ash more than 40,000 feet into the air, instruments on the ground are recording rumblings at the volcano's surface. The data collected will ...

Augustine Volcano sits alone, a 4,000-foot pyramid on its own island in Cook Inlet. Like many volcanoes, it has a tendency to become top-heavy. When gravity acts on Augustine's steep dome, rockslides ...

New research examined earthquake swarms caused by mounting volcanic pressure which may signal an imminent eruption. The research team studied Augustine Volcano in Alaska which erupted in 2006 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Augustine Volcano, which rises out of southern Cook Inlet, is seen from the air on March 7, 2023 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Augustine is seen on Aug. 17, 2021, from a campsite on the island. (Photo by Matthew Loewen/Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S ...

ANCHORAGE — A volcano near Alaska’s most populated region is being watched by scientists and officials, who warned Thursday of the risk of ash and a tsunami if it erupted. Intensifying rumblings in ...

Augustine Island during geology field work in July, 2013. (M.L. Coombs/Alaska Volcano Observatory & U.S. Geological Survey) An Alaska company could start prospecting for energy on the active volcano ...

New research in Geophysical Research Letters examines earthquake swarms caused by mounting volcanic pressure which may signal an imminent eruption. The research team studied Augustine Volcano in ...

Companies will soon be able to bid on opportunities to tap a volcanic island in Cook Inlet to generate renewable energy. Alaska officials have scheduled a geothermal lease sale covering a little more ...