For the 2025-26 school year, UW Libraries’ Special Collections is hosting an exhibit on the mountain in the Special Collections lobby in the basement of Allen Library. The exhibit features multiple ...

A new study shows eruptions and wildfires altered the upper atmosphere, yet recent surface warming points elsewhere.

Rebuild the city of Pompeii and climb the social ladder. Roman society is full of intrigues that you have to solve in order to become a powerful ruler.

Discover why Mount Rainier is considered the most dangerous volcano in the United States. This video explores its eruption history, massive glaciers, lahar risks, and the millions of people who could ...

The deaths of two experienced climbers on Mount Rainier this month have once again drawn attention to a hard truth about Washington’s most iconic peak and the West Coast’s tallest volcano: Even for ...

Jiri Richter and Ben Watson were drawn to the mountains — and they always wanted to help others reach the summit. Richter, 51, gave fellow climbers a pat on the shoulder and patiently told them to ...

January 23 Update, 4:00 P.M. MDT: Officials have identified one of the climbers as 51-year-old Jiri Richter. Search and rescue personnel have recovered the bodies of two climbers on Mount Rainier.

A snowshoer pauses on the way up Panorama Point to look back at the Tattoosh mountain range in Mount Rainier National Park. Jon Abbott The search for two missing climbers ended in tragedy Tuesday ...

Two people died while climbing at Mount Rainier National Park, according to the National Park Service. Search-and-rescue crews recovered the bodies of the climbers from the Wilson Glacier area of ...

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK — Two missing climbers in Mount Rainier National Park were found dead by search & rescue crews on Tuesday, a National Parks spokesperson confirmed. Park rangers began an ...

SUNRISE, Wash. — Search and rescue crews found the two climbers reported missing in the backcountry of Mount Rainier National Park near Wilson Glacier earlier this week, according to the National Park ...