ELLENSBURG — For anyone who digs geology, the Pacific Northwest is better than Disneyland, says Nick Zentner. You want mountains? We’ve got more than 60,000 square miles of them. Volcanoes? Half a ...

Much of our understanding about the earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and floods that shaped the geology of the Pacific Northwest comes from Western scientists. But those records almost always overlook ...

Boulder, CO, USA - This new Field Guide from The Geological Society of America features detailed, guided trips throughout the Pacific Northwest and surrounding areas. Use this guide to visit and learn ...

PORT TOWNSEND — In “Assembling the Pacific Northwest,” geology professor Ralph Dawes will take listeners back 200 million years, when the West Coast was located at Spokane, at the edge of the “craton” ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I’ve had my eye on this one for quite a while ...

For many people, the "King" Columbia River begins and ends with the Grand Coulee Dam, the iconic 1930s project that produces cheap hydroelectric power to fuel homes, heavy industry and harnesses water ...

Multiple teams of earthquake researchers are looking in what may seem like an unlikely place to figure out how strongly the Pacific Northwest shook during great quakes in the past. They're poking ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I’ve had my eye on this one for quite a while ...