Mount St. Helens is a cold-hearted volcano

Scientists are still searching for the source of volcano’s heat

Mt. St. Helens

NOT HOT SEAT  While a volcano called Mt. Adams (background) is fed by an obvious heat source, Mount St. Helens (foreground) sits above a wedge of rock formed at the edge (or “cold nose”) of the North American tectonic plate.

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Below most volcanoes, Earth packs some serious deep heat.