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The OOIFB is pleased to announce its Town Hall event at the 2025 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference in New Orleans, LA. This Town Hall, which will take place on Monday, December 15, 2025, from 1-2pm CST, is centered around a community discussion on recent research discoveries and the status of Axial Seamount in the Northeast Pacific. Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located ~300 miles off the Oregon coast, is the most active submarine volcano in the NE Pacific and is displaying behavior indicative of an impending eruption. The Ocean Observatories Initiative’s (OOI) Regional Cabled Array, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), hosts over 20 multidisciplinary cabled instruments at Axial and provides real-time monitoring, which will illuminate key processes before, during, and after this eruption. Co-registered measurements of earthquakes, seafloor deformation, and hydrothermal activity are key to understanding mid-ocean ridges that form the largest mountain chain on Earth.
Featuring keynote presentations on the current status of Axial Seamount, and a community discussion forum, this Town Hall, will highlight ongoing research and provide monitoring updates. The OOIFB invites researchers, students, educators, and other stakeholders to attend this event, engage in discussion, and learn more about NE Pacific seafloor volcanism and the NSF OOI. Event details are included below.
Event questions? Please contact Holly Morin (holly@ooifb.org)
If you have questions or comments about Axial Seamount, and/or NSF OOI operations, data access, opportunities, etc., please add those here and we will catalogue them in advance of the Town Hall.
A full event agenda will be posted here soon.
Town Hall Title: Inevitable Eruption? An Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board (OOIFB) Town Hall to Discuss the Status of Axial Seamount
Session #: TH13A
Date and Time: Monday, 15 December 2025, 13:00 – 14:00 CST
Location: New Orleans Convention Center, Room: 265-266
