Yellowstone National Park, known for its stunning landscapes and geothermal features, is sitting atop one of the most ...

Mantle plumes were the implicit link in previous studies relating BLOBS to giant volcanic eruptions. Their shape is a bit ...

It's common knowledge that Yellowstone Park sits on top of an ancient supervolcano, but what happened last time it erupted?

In geology, even small layers can tell big stories. But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, ...

But there is a semi-quantitative eruption magnitude scale — the Volcanic Explosivity Index, or VEI. Criteria for estimation of the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI).

It’s still possible that the northeastern portion of the park could erupt in a massive explosive eruption similar to those that have occurred at Yellowstone in the past 2.1 million years.

The ash cloud above Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki on Monday was about four times taller than the one produced by an eruption there ...

In Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest corner of Wyoming, lies the Yellowstone caldera, one of the most famous supervolcanoes on Earth. The supervolcano's last eruption was 631,000 years ago.

Should Yellowstone approach eruption, we wouldn't know whether it was on the cusp of small-scale destruction or large-scale calamity.

New mapping of the magma lying beneath Yellowstone National Park sheds light on where volcanic activity is shifting, and the likelihood of a full-scale eruption.

It’s still possible that the northeastern portion of the park could erupt in a massive explosive eruption similar to those that have occurred at Yellowstone in the past 2.1 million years.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — While a full-scale volcanic eruption of a Yellowstone super volcano often grabs the headlines and shows up in disaster movies; full-scale eruptions are incredibly ...