To study California’s largest active volcano, scientists first have to climb it

Mount Shasta presents a unique challenge that most other active volcanoes don't for USGS scientists. The only place to sample ...
9NEWS

Why is Mount St. Helens the most active volcano in the Cascades?

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 ...
Hosted on MSN

Is This Major West Coast Volcano About To Erupt? Here's What Seismologists Say

Mount Rainier is known as the Crown of the Pacific Northwest, with good reason. This ice-covered jewel of Washington's Cascade Mountain Range is the tallest peak in the Cascades and draws visitors to ...
katu

Scientists unravel diverse behaviors of Cascade volcanoes in subduction zone studies

The 1980 eruption cycle made Mount St. Helens one of the most famous and now best-monitored volcanoes in the Cascades. But it is far from the only volcano in the range. From southern British Columbia ...
insider.si.edu

Fire mountains of the West : the Cascade and Mono Lake volcanoes / Stephen L. Harris

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 ...
Scientific American

Magnificent Cascades Volcanoes Impress, Sometimes Worry, Geobloggers

At the risk of this blog becoming all volcanoes, all the time, I bring you... more volcanoes! Two of my favorite geobloggers wrote mustn't-miss posts on some of our Cascades volcanoes. They showcase ...