All of Oregon's ski areas are still closed as the mountains have little snow after the warmest November on record and ...

On a single day in November 2025, emergency managers across Washington state were inundated with calls about an eruption at ...

Climate shocks from volcanic eruptions may have played a key role in triggering the Black Death plague by disrupting harvests ...

Japan probably isn't the first country you think of for a ski vacation, but perhaps it should be as this Asian nation boasts ...

Still, Mountain Rainier's status as a top Washington tourist destination means that its recreational opportunities stay ...

Badwater Basin sits at −282 feet, the lowest point in North America, in the depths of Death Valley, California. The serene ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped ...

University of Birmingham volcanologist Mike Cassidy argued that the biggest danger could come, not from Yellowstone and Mount Etna, but from hidden volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than from the likes of famous volcanoes such as Etna in Sicily or Yellowstone in ...

The Cascade Theatre announced it's bringing back its annual holiday show, "A Cascade Christmas" on Nov. 21-23 and Nov. 28-30. This year's show follows the misadventures of three elves who accidentally ...

Cascade School District Superintendent Darin Drill is stepping aside after a lawsuit was filed that alleged a high school English teacher sexually abused students in the early 2000s and that he knew ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...