Kurt Spicer wades into the north fork of the Toutle River, cups his hand and plunges it to the bottom of the fast-moving stream. He holds his open palm there a few seconds, squeezes it closed, raises ...

A volcano on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for the first time in at least 400 years. The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash more than 3.7 miles into the sky, ...

Kirt Kempter likes to tease conservation groups about their efforts to try to stop erosion in the Galisteo Basin. As a geologist, he contextualizes time a bit differently than other people. He knows ...

Authors of a new “situation report” on Mount St. Helens flood threats will present their draft study March 6 in Kelso. Researchers for the Seattle-based Ruckelshaus Center have interviewed about 50 ...