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What Lies Beneath Mount St. Helens? Scientists Plan a Volcanic CAT Scan
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What Lies Beneath Mount St. Helens? Scientists Plan a Volcanic CAT Scan

“Imaging Magma Under St. Helens” is the name of a new research project (aka iMUSH) that’s just gotten National Science Foundation funding. Beginning in 2014, scientists with the University of Washington; the Rice, Columbia, and Oregon State universities; and the USGS will embark on a four-year study of Mount St. Helens, the most seismically active volcano in the Cascades mountain range. Continue reading What Lies Beneath Mount St. Helens? Scientists Plan a Volcanic CAT Scan

Up in the Mountains, Snow Decides to Stay for Summer
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Up in the Mountains, Snow Decides to Stay for Summer

KING 5 reports that WSDOT isn’t even going to bother to try to plow the snow from the highway from Heather Meadows to Artist Point in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. There was more than 50 feet of snowfall over the winter, and 13 feet remains on the highway, about twice the normal amount. WSDOT estimated clearing the road would take about two months, and crews are needed elsewhere. Continue reading Up in the Mountains, Snow Decides to Stay for Summer