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.

“In the Cascades, broadly, we’re located along a subduction zone,” explained United States Geological Survey (USGS) Research Geologist Emily Johnson. “So that's where there's an oceanic plate that's ...

After Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, experts were faced with a precarious question: How can we best prepare for when—not if—the next volcanic eruption in the Cascade Range occurs? Triggered by a ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A "swarm" of earthquakes began at Mount Rainier in Washington in the ...

Watch Ecuador’s Sangay Volcano come alive as incandescent volcanic material races down a canyon, creating a spectacular glowing cascade along its slopes.

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 ...

New research offers clues as to why Mount St. Helens is one of the most explosive volcanoes in the Cascade range and why it stands apart from the chain of other Cascade volcanoes. Scientists from the ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from James Genero IV, EarthScope ...

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 ...

Whenever Mt. Hood erupts, Portland will be glad to have David George. As a U.S. Geological Survey mathematician, George models landslides and lahars at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, ...