Few people realize, he said, that the hollowed-out crater where lava was flowing just a few years ago now holds the world’s youngest glacier. And if that’s not surprising enough, the ...

Today, the crater of Mt. St. Helens Volcano is experiencing a rebirth — it’s the site of the world’s newest glacier. Not only is it the newest, it’s also one of the few that’s growing.

Today, an international team of scientists describes what they say is a huge new impact crater that lies under northwestern Greenland’s Hiawatha Glacier. If confirmed, it would be the first ...

There's another feature inside the crater that's often overlooked in this active volcano. It's also a relative rarity: a glacier that's growing in size, not shrinking. The Crater Glacier ...

The only glacier in the West that appears to be growing is Crater Glacier on Mount St. Helens. It’s on the north-facing side of the crater left by the 1980 eruption of the volcano and rapidly ...

the lava dome growing inside and the glacier fed by avalanches of snow and debris from the crater walls. The view on clear days features Mount Adams, Mount Rainier and Spirit Lake on the horizon.

On Aug. 15, Wershow conducted environmental research on Bend Glacier meltwater and how it feeds into our canal system. Wershow’s area of focus is Crater Creek Ditch, often called “The Ditch ...

SEATTLE Mount St. Helens’ Crater Glacier continues to grow while most others around the world are shrinking. Ray Yurkewycz perched on the rim of the Northwest’s most restless volcano and ...