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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released several of its most striking images of 2025, homing in on extreme ...

For over a century, geologists were baffled by the rolling mounds scattered across Northern California's Shasta Valley. Travelers along Interstate 5 can glimpse these unusual hills and ridges, often ...

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

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 ...

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 ...