Unlike other coastal areas, the Pacific Northwest has largely escaped the impacts of rising sea levels caused by climate change. That's because of the area's geology. The coastal Pacific Northwest is ...

Though perhaps not well known to the general public, Axial Seamount is considered a key window into Earth's geology. Axial is ...

The underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is heading to eruption for the first time in a ...

A big quake in the Pacific Northwest today could cause coastal land to sink rapidly — up to seven feet, a new study finds.

Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

A researcher monitoring Axial Seamount, 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, says the eruption is expected to happen before the ...

Five fishermen missing since mid-March were rescued at sea last week, surviving 55 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean by drinking rain and seawater, the Ecuadorian navy said. The three Peruvian and ...