A seamount nearly twice the height of the world’s tallest building has been discovered on the ocean floor near Guatemala — and serves as a biodiversity hot spot.

An underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount has shown signs of a possible eruption off the coast of Oregon. Volcanologist Bill Chadwick noted that the volcano is bulging and has experienced over ...

The seamount covers an area of about 70 square kilometers, with its summit at a depth of 994 meters and the base at 4,103 meters. Schmidt Ocean Institute. This data will contribute ...

The Axial Seamount, located 300 miles off Oregon's coast, shows signs of eruption. Experts assure it won't affect land or ...

The seamount, which supports a "thriving" ecosystem, is 1.9 miles tall, making it taller than five One World Trade Centers stacked on top of each other.

Axial Seamount, a submarine volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, could erupt for the first time since 2015, spewing “very fluid lava” into the sea where scientists were recording more ...

The new seamounts were mapped by researchers onbaord the Falkor (too) research vessel. (Image credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute) Last year, the same research team found another massive seamount that ...

A volcano eruption near Oregon is brewing — but don't panic about Axial Seamount. The undersea volcano has been attracting attention for months as scientists prepare for an eruption they expect ...

B.C.'s seamounts are also home to delicate metre-high vase sponges, threatened rockfish species, and bizarre deep-sea species like the longfin dragonfish, which Rangeley compares to the monsters ...

A seamount nearly twice the height of the world’s tallest building has been discovered on the ocean floor near Guatemala — and serves as a biodiversity hot spot. CNN values your feedback 1.