Scientists at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network might blow their stacks over having to respond to a rumor about increased ...

Scientists have debunked a viral news report claiming Mount Rainier is experiencing seismic tremors. Here's what's actually ...

A warming climate has melted three glaciers on Mount Rainier, the tallest volcano in the lower 48 states — more evidence of the rapid worldwide decline of mountain ice. The total mass of glacier ice ...

Mount Rainier has lost glaciers due to the warming climate. Glacier melt threatens rivers, salmon habitats and hydropower across Washington state. South-facing glaciers without high-elevation ...

Hweqwidi Hanford McCloud remembers the Nisqually River of his childhood as large and cold, bustling with so many salmon it was almost pathetic, he said. Elders warned him it wouldn’t be like that ...

A warming climate has claimed three more glaciers in Washington state. All three were on Mount Rainier, which is home to more ice than any U.S. mountain south of Alaska. Scientists with the National ...

Scott Beason has worked on and around the ice of Mount Rainier for nearly two decades. When I asked if he could see it changing in that time, he gave a kind of rueful laugh. “Lately we’ve had some ...

MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. -- It was cloudy and drizzling on other parts of Mount Rainier, but it was all sunscreen and sunglasses from where I stood, on the east face of the mountain. Hikers were smearing ...

Two climbers ascending Mount Rainier were rescued by helicopter Friday after one fell into an 80-foot crevasse, according to the National Park Service. The man in the chasm was stranded for about 29 ...

Glacier loss on Mount Rainier accelerates, altering ecosystems and traditions. Tribal members report shrinking salmon runs and warming rivers Artists and climbers document visible glacier retreat and ...