GLACIER Peak volcano in the heart of Washington state is a bigger risk “capable of eruption” than Yellowstone supervolcano, officials have warned. The giant stratovolcano in the US Cascadic Volcanic ...

GLACIER PEAK — Federal efforts to install additional seismometers around Glacier Peak have been delayed by ground conditions and logistical issues. In remote wilderness, 20 miles as the crow flies ...

Increasing volcanic activity at the over 11,000-foot-tall, snowcapped volcano in Alaska is likely a sign of its impending first eruption since 1992, experts say. Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles ...

We might be able to tell when a volcano is about to erupt with the help of another natural wonder: glaciers. Glaciers that are within 3 miles of a volcano appear to move nearly 50 percent faster than ...

Glaciers that are within three miles of a volcano move nearly 50% quicker than average, a new study has found, which could help create early warning of future eruptions. Glaciers looked at in the ...

What can glacier speed tell us about volcanic activity? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers from the United Kingdom ...

It’s been 45 years since an eruption occurred on the U.S. mainland. The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in southern Washington claimed 57 lives and blasted the terrain of old-growth spruce ...

A powerful swarm of earthquakes in January suggested one of Iceland’s giant “ice volcanoes” may be awakening after a decade of slumber. In the months that followed, more earthquakes have rocked the ...