Mount Rainier has lost height and its highest point has migrated, a subtle but symbolically powerful shift atop one of the ...

The highest point in the continental United States just moved. Columbia Crest, the iconic ice dome that has crowned Mount ...

Mount Rainer, the active stratovolcano located in Washington state, is likely shrinking due to climate change, according to new research.

According to the new paper, Mount Rainier’s highest point is a fraction of an inch below 14,400 feet, or 10 feet below the U.S. Geological Survey’s longstanding official measurement of 14,410 feet.

FILE - Mount Rainier (14,410 ft.) is the highest volcano and largest glaciated mountain in the contiguous United States and a very popular mountain to climb for mountaineers around the world. Here a ...

A collaborative study between USU professor, Dr. Scott Hotaling, and Seattle University professor, Dr. Eric Gilbertson, ...