Mount Shasta presents a unique challenge that most other active volcanoes don't for USGS scientists. The only place to sample ...

Tiny by volcano standards. The Sutter Buttes are 10 miles wide and poke up 2,000 feet. In classic butte fashion, they are ...

The tiny Mojave Desert outpost of Amboy has seen a lot of change over the past 50 years or so. First, Route 66 was bypassed by Interstate 40, directing travelers away from the businesses that had ...

Southern California has many treasures, but believe it or not, nothing like this hidden gem. When most of us think of volcanoes, we think of molten lava spewing up from the earth and melting ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released several of its most striking images of 2025, homing in on extreme weather events that took place in California, Hawaii and Texas over the ...

The eruption of a Hawaii volcano has people warily eyeing volcanic peaks on America's West Coast. The West Coast is home to an 800-mile (1,300-kilometer) chain of 13 volcanoes from Washington state's ...

Around the world, volcanologists are following the path of magma as it travels between connected volcanoes, in an effort that ...