June 12, 2012

New research to help scientists better predict underwater volcanic eruptions

A team of scientists studying last year’s eruption of Axial Seamount now says that the undersea volcano some 250 miles off the Oregon coast gave off clear signals hours before the eruption.

The findings, plus those from scientists who mapped the lava flow, are published this week in three separate articles in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Read the full article in UW Today.