A newly published study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals a vast underground water reservoir ...

Layers of volcanic rock in Eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming and ranching, but in the future it could provide fruitful ground for a ...

Languages: English. Oregon's state geologist, Ruarri Day-Stirrat, has put forward a new purpose for the ancient volcanic rock lurking beneath the state: storing planet-warming carbon dioxide deep ...

Smith Rock State Park near Bend in central Oregon is recognized for its dryer climate, volcanic rock formations and desert dwelling wildlife such as hawks, owls, cougars, coyotes, porcupines and ...

An active underwater volcano in the the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon Coast is predicted to erupt in 2025. Here's what to know.

About 300 miles off the coast of Oregon ... 1,000 earthquakes a day. The volcano has also been steadily swelling, a telltale sign that it’s filling with molten rock, Chadwick said.

The volcano, Axial Seamount, lies about a mile below the ocean's surface, about 300 miles from the coast of Astoria, Oregon ... through the cracks of volcanic rock, it picks up minerals that ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Layers of volcanic rock in Eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming and ranching, but in the future it could provide ...

Bill Chadwick, a volcanologist and research professor at Oregon State ... also said the volcano has been swelling steadily, which is a sign that it is filling with molten rock.