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A view looking southeast toward Mount St. Helens from the Castle Lake Viewpoint in June 2017
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Lessons from a Post-Eruption Landscape

by J. J. Major, C. M. Crisafulli and F. J. Swanson 24 April 20205 June 2023

Four decades of research into biophysical responses to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens have vastly improved our understanding of how landscapes react to cataclysmic disturbances.

Shadows of girls hiking in a line
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GeoGirls: Confidence Erupts from a Camp at a Volcano

Lesley Evans Ogden, Science Writer by Lesley Evans Ogden 22 April 202012 April 2022

Summer camp at Mount Saint Helens empowers girls with science, confidence, and fun.

A surfer walks a gorgeous coastline with rocky outcrops and a flock of seagulls.
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A Tribe’s Uphill Battle Against Climate Change

by V. Volcovici 20 April 202014 October 2021

Tribes like the Quinault are ill-equipped to adapt their reservations to wide-ranging, increasing threats from climate change.

Washington governor Jay Inslee, a Democratic presidential hopeful, spoke in Washington, D.C., on 20 March.
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Jay Inslee Campaigns for Presidency on Climate Change Issue

by Randy Showstack 22 March 201921 March 2023

The governor of Washington says that dealing with climate change has to be the country’s number one priority.

Yosemite snow surface studies
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Preparing Graduate Students for 21st Century Climate Conversations

by M. A. Bertram, L. Thompson, J. W. Murray, C. Bretherton and C. Bitz 7 February 201910 May 2022

Graduate students at the University of Washington are becoming skilled in interdisciplinary climate science and finding opportunities to collaborate outside the academy.

Researchers combine diverse data sets to analyze earthquake recurrence intervals in central Washington State.
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Constraining Central Washington’s Potential Seismic Hazard

by Terri Cook 19 June 20183 July 2023

Fault geometry and slip rate analyses show deformation in the Yakima Fold Province accelerated in the Pleistocene and has remained elevated, offering new insights into earthquake recurrence intervals.

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.

Spencer Canyon landslide tied to earthquake
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Mystery Quakes May Be Among World’s Longest-Lived Aftershocks

Ilima Loomis, Science Writer by Ilima Loomis 16 November 20175 January 2022

New evidence about where a major earthquake struck central Washington State 145 years ago raises the possibility that today’s unusually frequent quakes in the area still echo that 1872 event.

Refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part of the plant’s normal operations, in Anacortes in Washington.
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Carbon Tax Initiative Fails in Washington State

by R. Heisman 14 November 201621 April 2023

Environmental groups were divided over the nation's first carbon tax ballot measure.

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Downstream Effect of Blowing a Hole in a 38-meter Dam

by C. Schultz and Faith Ishii 25 November 201411 February 2022

Researchers tracked what happened to the White Salmon River after engineers removed the 100-year-old Condit Dam.

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