When most of us think about active volcanoes in the U.S., Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier and a few others will first come to mind. However, one of the most active volcanoes in the region is about a ...
Edgecumbe, a long dormant volcano in Alaska. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) discovered that magma has been moving upward through Earth’s crust beneath the volcano, which has been quiet in ...
Alaska officials are preparing to hold a lease sale for geothermal exploration rights at Augustine Volcano, a 4,133-foot peak that forms its own cone-shaped island in the southern part of Cook Inlet.