Experts in volcanology observing the Pacific Northwest have raised fresh alerts regarding various volcanic systems within the ...

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Volcanologists monitoring the Pacific Northwest have issued renewed warnings about several volcanic systems along the Cascade ...

These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes.

Social media videos are stoking fears about a catastrophic eruption in central Oregon, but the science tells a different story.

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Our western volcanoes : an overview -- Plates in motion : the ring of fire, hot spots, and supereruptions -- Magma and mountains : how volcanoes erupt and the landforms they build -- Glaciers on ...

Living among the volcanic peaks of the Cascade Mountains is a part of the reality of life in the Pacific Northwest. But what we don’t often consider — and what many of us don’t really know — is just ...

Mount Rainier (Figure 2.1) is one of about two dozen recently active volcanoes in the Cascade Range, a volcanic arc formed by subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate beneath the North American plate.

To the east of Mount Rainier are the remains of a once-mighty Cascade volcano. In the hills outside of Naches, Washington, at the foot of Mount Rainier are the remains of a much older volcano. Join ...

Jul. 26—Nick Burson and Marc McPherson weren't thinking about setting a record the first time they climbed Washington's five tallest Cascade Range volcanoes in a single trip. They just wanted to see ...