The Oregon coast has just been shut down by federal authorities, but they won’t say why. Divers reportedly surfaced with something from the deep that triggered an immediate, unprecedented closure.
Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located roughly 300 miles off the Oregon coast, is showing signs that it may erupt before the end of 2025. Scientists have been monitoring the volcano closely since it last erupted in 2015, and recent data indicates the seafloor around it is inflating at a faster rate than it did before its previous eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015. The volcano sits along the…