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Mount Rainier

Black-and-white image of Mount St. Helens in 1980 with a billowing ash plume
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U.S. Readies Health Response for the Next Big Eruption

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 March 202010 May 2022

Forty years after the explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens, scientists, communities, and civic officials are evaluating plans to best protect public health before, during, and after an eruption.

Two brothers equipped with backpacks and ice axes stand on the summit of Mount Adams (3,743 meters), admiring their next objective: Mount Rainier (4,392 meters), the tallest and most challenging of the Cascade volcanoes.
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Climbing the Occasionally Cataclysmic Cascades

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 27 February 202010 May 2022

Living in Geologic Time: Every one of the Pacific Northwest’s volatile volcanoes is likely to erupt again before the range goes extinct.

Lee Florea and Tabbatha Cavendish collect soil samples for microbial analysis in an ice cave near the summit of Mount Rainier.
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Ice Caves atop a Volcano Give Taste of Otherworldly Science

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 30 November 20177 February 2023

Researchers brave perils and tumbling trash to probe glacial caves on Mount Rainier, improving their understanding of its extraordinary environment and helping to advance space exploration.

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