With a possible eruption looming, the Alaska Observatory is closely watching Mount Spurr. Your Alaska Link shows how one rural village is getting prepared. (Photo courtesy: AVO/USGS) ...

More than two dozen earthquakes in 48 hours have shaken Mount Spurr, alarming scientists and locals. Experts say rising magma, increased gas emissions, and grey vapour suggests an eruption could ...

An explosion on Mount Spurr could generate massive ... (Here’s the science behind Santorini’s mysterious quakes.) Spurr is known to exhibit earthquakes without consequence.

Mount Spurr, which is 11,000-foot-tall and located 81 miles from Anchorage, has been showing signs of unrest for more than a year. Scientists have been closely monitoring this volcano for signs ...

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Mount Spurr, the 11,000-foot behemoth sitting just 80 miles west of Anchorage, has been rumbling with frequent small earthquakes as scientists fear it’s moving closer to an explosive eruption.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Scientists say the program's termination could create a gap in climate research at a time when polar ice is dwindling to historic lows. Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the Alaska Center for ...

(Scientists monitor this tally in real time, but they evaluate the solar cycle’s stages based on smoothed averages over many months. So the formal declaration of a cycle’s solar maximum and ...