Volcanoes have been known to wreak havoc for commercial aviation, but would the eruption of Mt. Rainier result in disaster ...

"Iceland is essentially one of the best places in the world to study this." Scientists are sounding the alarm after ...

The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not ...

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal ... one of the world’s most active volcanoes. The Sicily, Italy, volcano is almost constantly in a state ...

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

Glaciers looked at in the study include those associated with some of the most iconic and infamous volcanoes in the world, such as Mt Rainier and Glacier Peak in Washington, Mt Redoubt and Mt ...

At 14,410 feet, this snow-capped volcano towers over the Pacific Northwest, demanding to be photographed. During the rainy season, it may peek out from behind the clouds, or vanish entirely. In summer ...

“The summit of Rainier is a large snow covered volcanic crater ringed by smoking steam vents,” said Scott Axelson. “It’s an active volcano like Mt. St. Helens although it’s dormant at present.” Photo ...