The Yellowstone supervolcano, located beneath Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, is one of the most powerful volcanic systems on Earth. Known for its catastrophic eruptions in the distant past, ...

Yellowstone's magma system shows new activity, with the northeast sector possibly hosting future volcanic activity.

Though the volcano’s magma chambers could hold enough material for a caldera-forming event, none of them are likely to erupt ...

The USGS emphasizes that Yellowstone’s current activity—including minor earthquakes and geothermal features—is consistent with its behaviour over the past 140 years. "Odds are very high that ...

Yellowstone caldera is one of the largest volcanic systems in the world. Past volcanic activity at the caldera has ranged from the output of lava flows to the explosion of large volumes of ash.

Yellowstone National Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It’s easy to see why—the dynamic landscape ...

Despite an explosive summer at Yellowstone National Park — marked by a thermal feature eruption that destroyed ... have caused eight deaths over the past 150 years. Other notable incidents ...

That movement has now left one pool of molten material on the west of the caldera disconnected from any heat sources, which will likely allow it to cool. Meanwhile, the largest pool of near-surface ...

The comprehensive description of Yellowstone volcanic activity starts from the three significant eruptions of the past 2.1 million years, with the last eruption occurring 640 thousand years ago. They ...

although sizable seismic activity can be expected in the coming decades. Describing Yellowstone's chances of eruption to KPAX-TV, Dr. Michael Poland, Chief Scientist at the Yellowstone Volcano ...

especially considering that Yellowstone supervolcano eruptions have been Earth-shattering at least three times in the past. What the researchers discovered when looking into the volcano was that ...