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 eerie map reveals the location of an enormous underwater volcano that scientists have warned could erupt at any point this year. Axial Seamount, one of the most active underwater volcanoes in ...

A digital map of the newly discovered seamount. 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 ...

Researchers find massive seamount with flying spaghetti monsters, 20 new species Researchers found a squid so rare there are only a few samples of them, several of them dating back to over a ...

The Axial Seamount—a volcano located 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and a mile underwater—is slowly showing signs of an impending eruption. Although less well-known than other volcanic ...

Scientists warn an underwater volcano off Oregon coast is about to explode It’s been a decade since the Axial Seamount last erupted off the West Coast ...

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 ...

ABSTRACT Seamounts are ubiquitous features of the seafloor that form part of the fabric of oceanic crust. When a seamount enters a subduction zone, it has a major affect on forearc morphology, the ...

An expedition to the Nazca Ridge, 900 miles off the coast of Chile, has mapped and explored a newly discovered seamount four times taller than the world’s tallest building.

The recently discovered seamount may be taller than the world’s tallest building, but some have been found to have a height of 4,000 meters (13,123 feet) or more, Watling said.

The recently discovered seamount may be taller than the world’s tallest building, but some have been found to have a height of 4,000 meters (13,123 feet) or more, Watling said.