Mount St. Helens
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded with a force comparable to 500 Hiroshima-sized atom bombs. David Johnston, a United States Geological Survey (USGS) geologist based at a m...
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Mount St. Helens - A Case Study
Location
Mount St. Helens is located in northwest U. S. A. in Washington State. Mount St. Helens is part of the Cascade Mountain range. The mountain ov...
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Volcanoes have been around since the beginning of time, they're very powerful and dangerous. These natural disasters can kill thousands of people, animals, and plant life in a matter of seconds. This ...
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Mount St. Helens reopened to climbers on July 21 for the first time since the mountain began quietly erupting in 2004.
Dust, steam and blue-tinted sulfurous gas still rise from the horsesh...
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Steam seeping from a fracture atop the lava dome in Mount St. Helens' crater and the mountain's first noteworthy seismic activity since 2004 have caught scientists' attention this week as signs tha...
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With a gentle lift, Portland's new aerial tram slips out of its bay, dips at the first tower, and whisks surgeons, patients, cooks and the curious up "Pill Hill" to the Oregon Health and Sciences U...
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The Karen Brown series of guidebooks celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, but if the name is new to you, take a look at one of the 2007 guides. From the charming cover - a painting of an inn ...
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Six months after November floods ravaged Mount Rainier National Park, the Nisqually Road to the Paradise Visitor Center is open again.Visitor centers and services will be open at each of the corner...
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Students from New York to Alaska will be exploring forests and wetlands as part of an effort by the U.S. Forest Service to get kids out of the classroom and into the woods.The $1.5 million "Kids in...
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Yellowstone National Park, once the site of a giant volcano, has begun swelling up, possibly because molten rock is accumulating beneath the surface, scientists report.But, "there is no evidence of...
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Yellowstone National Park, once the site of a giant volcano, has begun swelling up, possibly because molten rock is accumulating beneath the surface, scientists report.But, "there is no evidence of...
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Heavy rains and flooding destroyed campgrounds and damaged roads at Mount Rainier National Park, forcing it to close for the first time since Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.
Nearly 18 in...
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Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens - A Case Study
Mount St. Helens Reopened to Climbers
